Possibility of first-ever strike divides Arizona teachers

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) " The question of whether Arizona teachers should walk off the job to call for increased school funding has both mobilized and stratified tens of thousands of educators, with some saying it's time for an unprecedented strike aimed at improving the system and others skeptical about shutting down schools.Teachers were voting Wednesday on a possible walkout, a week after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey offered them a 20 percent raise by 2020. A grass-roots group that [...]


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