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Thousands march to the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teacher strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
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adidas campus homme ut teacher strikes and where and why they re happening.1. Teachers rallying in many of these states are paid among the lowest amounts nationally.In 2016-2017, the average salary for a public school teacher was $58,950, according to the National Center of Education Statistics. In Arizona, the average teacher makes $47,403 a year; in Colorado, he or she makes $46,506; in Kentucky, $52,339; in Oklahoma, $45,245; and in West Virginia, $45,701.2. In many
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Ira Glass, host of Public Radio International s This American Life, talked about his popular radio program in a presentation titled Reinventing Radio this afternoon at the Tivoli Theatre. Glass discussed the power of radio to entertain and educate. He was the final speaker in the George T. Hunter Lecture Series, which is sponsored by the Benwood Foundation and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. As the lights dimmed in the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday afternoon, hundreds of This American Life fans hushed quickly.And when program host Ira Glass walked on stage, the audience welcomed him with uproar
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