to put this into context, wee joined by liana loewus, from our partner, "education week," where she isistant managing editor. liana loewus, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> yang: inom okl they got a raise from the 14r5eu6r79 but are still p what does that tell us? >> the teachers got a $6,100 raise, the legislature passed it last week. they were asking for $10,000 over three years plus $300 million more in education funding. they didn't get what they asked for so they said we're walking out anyways. >> yang: what's the likelihood they will get tha >> it's hard to pass a tax hike in oklahoma. you need three-quarters majority. that hasn't happened since 1990. i think it's pretty slim it will happen again. >> yang: in west virginia they got a pay rase, in arizona it's money, in kentucky, pe some teachers are describing this as a wildfire. why are all these happening now? >> west virginia, if it's a wildfire, they were definitely the spark. things started there. a loof it happened onsocial media. the union's really been playingt a supg role in most of these states, so teachers have bee