{"id":29420,"date":"2018-03-06T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=29420"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:38:22","slug":"oklahoma-teachers-union-to-announce-plan-for-statewide-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2018\/03\/06\/oklahoma-teachers-union-to-announce-plan-for-statewide-walkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Teachers Union To Announce Plan For Statewide Walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29421\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 613px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29421\" alt=\"Oklahoma teachers rallied in support of the Step Up Oklahoma plan on February 12, 2018. The plan would have provided $5,000 teacher pay raises, but failed in the House. \" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/03\/180212_StepUpOKvote_WEB.jpg\" width=\"613\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/03\/180212_StepUpOKvote_WEB.jpg 613w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/03\/180212_StepUpOKvote_WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/03\/180212_StepUpOKvote_WEB-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/03\/180212_StepUpOKvote_WEB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Emily Wendler \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oklahoma teachers rallied in support of the Step Up Oklahoma plan on February 12, 2018. The plan would have provided $5,000 teacher pay raises, but failed in the House.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>The state\u2019s largest teachers union, the Oklahoma Education Association, says they will announce the details of a statewide teacher walkout on Thursday.<\/p><p>Alicia Priest, the president of the OEA, says years of failed attempts by the legislature to increase education funding and teacher pay have forced the organization to consider the walkout.<\/p><p><!--more--><\/p><p>\u201cLawmakers have ignored repeated advocacy efforts by OEA members \u2014 including thousands of emails and phone calls to lawmakers, days of action at the Capitol, and community forums across the state,\u201d Priest said. \u201cThis has led to this crucial grassroots movement of educators to take drastic efforts to save public education and ensure students receive a quality education that prepares them for the future.\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/okea.org\/legislative\/stronger\">The OEA<\/a> says they\u2019ll push for a $10,000 teacher pay raise over the next three years, a $5,000 dollar pay raise for school support professionals, a cost of living adjustment for retirees, and the restoration of funding for education and core government services.<\/p><p>Board members of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okcps.org\/site\/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=88&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=6033&PageID=1\">Oklahoma City Public Schools<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TulsaPublicSchools\/posts\/10156134244534941\">Tulsa Public Schools<\/a> voiced their support for the statewide walkout on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state\u2019s largest teachers union, the Oklahoma Education Association, says they will announce the details of a statewide teacher walkout on Thursday.Alicia Priest, the president of the OEA, says years of failed attempts by the legislature to increase education funding and teacher pay have forced the organization to consider the walkout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":29421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[776,777,775],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29420"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29428,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29420\/revisions\/29428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}