Cenk Uygur
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Oklahoma Teachers Show You Exactly Why They're Walking Out
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April 5, 2018
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6:22Now PlayingOklahoma teachers are posting pictures of the textbooks they have to teach students with. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“(CNN) As an English teacher at Heavener High School in eastern Oklahoma, Sarah Jane Scarberry said she has tried for years to replace her classroom's tattered textbooks.
"I have requested new textbooks for a few years with no real hopes of getting any," she told CNN.
Scarberry is one of several teachers and parents in Oklahoma who have shared photos and stories via social media of crumbling, outdated textbooks as part of their plea for more education funding. Some are posted on the "Oklahoma Teacher Walkout -- The Time Is Now!" Facebook page.
The state of the textbooks go a long way toward explaining why thousands of teachers in Oklahoma left their classrooms and rallied at the state capital on Monday and Tuesday, asking for teacher and support staff raises, as well as better funding for their schools and students.
Scarberry also shared images of her classroom's broken desks and chairs, and said they weren't too bad compared to other classrooms.
"As for the desks, I'm more fortunate than most I guess. My husband works with me at Heavener and works in maintenance. He usually can use salvageable parts from discarded desks to keep me going," she told CNN.”
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