‘We will move forward’: With deal on pay in place, West Virginia’s teachers eye return to the classroom

RANSON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice sat before a crowd Tuesday and proclaimed a new day for education in his state.

“We will move forward,” the Republican said at a news conference in Charleston, the state capital. “No more looking back. West Virginia renews its investment in education and our precious children today.”

On this day, Justice and the state’s teachers had a deal to end a nine-day strike by educators that swept across all of West Virginia’s 55 counties and left more than 277,000 public-school students out of school. Teachers — and all state workers — would get a 5 percent raise.

Source:  washingtonpost