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Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Closes Schools for Second Day

Demanding higher pay and better funding.

Spring break has been extended for some kids in Oklahoma. Many schools in the area will remain closed for a second day running after a teacher walkout hit services across the state. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation last week granting teachers pay raises of 15 to 18 percent but many teachers, who haven't received a pay rise for a decade, have said that isn’t good enough and walked out. “If I didn’t have a second job, I’d be on food stamps,” Rae Lovelace—a single mom and third-grade teacher at Leedey Public Schools who works up to 40 hours a week at a second job teaching online courses—told the Associated Press. Oklahoma’s three largest school districts, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Edmond, will remain closed Tuesday to support the walkout.