Episode 77: Oklahoma 2018 Education Walkouts

Four states. 300 districts. 60,000 outraged educators.

In the year 2018, classrooms across the country went silent in the middle of the Spring semester as teachers across the country staged a walkout. Between the months of February and May, educators in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado left their classrooms to fight for better funding and pay. Though united in their desire for change, each teacher brought their own unique experience of the joys and hardships of educating future generations. Today we’ll hear seven Oklahoma teachers tell their stories from the Oklahoma 2018 Education Walkouts oral history project, as well as from the project coordinator Dr. Erin Dyke.