*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Arizona teacher walkout: how 3 decades of tax cuts suffocated public schools

*Author:* Alvin Chang

*Source: *Vox

*Date:* April 27, 2018 Summary: The state has some of the most poorly funded public schools in the nation — and over the past several decades, state lawmakers have systematically divested https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/a-punishing-decade-for-school-funding from public education. This has been the case https://www.cbpp.org/blog/state-tax-cuts-a-key-factor-in-az-ok-teacher-pay-crises in each of the states roiled by teacher unrest, from West Virginia https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/7/17081826/teacher-strike-west-virginia-oklahoma-arizona to Oklahoma https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17233500/oklahoma-teacher-strike-over to Kentucky https://www.vox.com/2018/4/2/17188700/teacher-strikes-oklahoma-kentucky — and now Arizona. Link: http://bit.ly/2jjXxkf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library