The West Virginia teachers strike ended on Wednesday after the governor and the leaders of the House and Senate reached a deal on its ninth school day. It lasted longer than the 1990 statewide teachers strike.
West Virginia teachers, whose pay ranks 48th in the country by some estimates and who have gone without pay raises for several years, secured a 5 percent raise. That 5 percent raise also extended to all state employees.
Renita Benson, a remedial reading teacher, told th...