(Charleston, WV) — Teachers in West Virginia are celebrating a quick victory after legislators backed down on a bill to support private and charter schools. The teachers walked off their jobs today for the second time in less than a year. The State House of Delegates responded by voting to table a bill that would have allowed public tax dollars to pay for private school tuition and establish charter schools in the state for the first time. The teachers union said the strike will continue Wednesday because they don’t trust legislators. Teachers in this state were the first to walk off their jobs in a recent national trend to improve salaries and conditions in public schools. Most of the walkouts have been in Republican-controlled states that have seen a shift from funding public education to private schools. Teachers in Oakland, California could be the next to walk off their jobs, threatening to do so on Thursday unless there is a last-minute deal.
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