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One Oklahoma Teacher On Why Educators Are Continuing Their Walkout

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Students, teachers and supporters of the school walkout applaud for speakers in the state Capitol rotunda as protests continue over school funding, in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 9, 2018. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
Students, teachers and supporters of the school walkout applaud for speakers in the state Capitol rotunda as protests continue over school funding, in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 9, 2018. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Teachers in Oklahoma are in the sixth day of their walkout Monday, as they fight to get increased state education funding. Lawmakers there have already passed a few measures to increase funding and give teachers a salary bump, but educators say they haven't gone far enough.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Sharon Reese, a special education teacher at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

This segment aired on April 9, 2018.

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