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 the country in recent months, including strikes in West Virginia, and demonstrations in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arizona. Teachers are demanding higher salaries, better retirement benefits, smaller class sizes, and more. This wave of political engagement comes after years of what some call a "war on teachers." It also comes at a moment when the Supreme Court 

MPR Host Kerri Miller asked two education scholars why this movement is happening now.

, assistant professor, democracy and justice studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

, professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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A wave of teacher protests has swept the country in recent months.  This wave of political engagement comes after years of what some call a "war on teachers."

A wave of teacher protests has swept the country in recent months.  This wave of political engagement comes after years of what some call a "war on teachers." MPR Host Kerri Miller spoke to Richard Ingersoll, professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and Jon Shelton, assistant professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

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