Oklahoma teachers packed the state Capitol on Monday to press the Republican-dominated Senate to enact a capital gains tax overhaul educators said could bring in about $100 million and help end a statewide walkout now in its second week.
Tens of thousands of teachers have come to the Capitol each working day since the strike started April 2 calling for increased spending for an education system where inflation-adjusted general funding per student dropped by 28.2 percent between 2008 and 2018, the biggest reduction of any state, according to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Public schools serving more than half of the state’s 700,000 students were closed on Monday, including those around Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Oklahoma teachers are some of the lowest paid in the country.
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The Secular Jurist 
This is unbelievable that a state legislature is strangling their public education in the 21st Century!
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Lots of that happening in America these days.
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That’s so wrong. It certainly doesn’t bode well for America’s future. No country, state or province can afford anything less than a first class educational system. I realize I’m preaching to the choir, Bob.
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Sure, but it’s most welcome. 🙂
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