Teachers in One-Quarter of W.Va. Districts Walk Out

Nearly 5,000 teachers did not report to work in West Virginia and some picketed outside the state Capitol in Charleston March 14 to protest a lower-than-expected raise.

But the protest failed to provoke Gov. Joe Manchin III into calling a special session to revisit the issue.

The one-day walkout closed some or all of the schools in 14 of the state’s 55 districts. It was called by leaders of the 17,000-member West Virginia Education Association, who say the state is losing teachers to neighboring...