No Teacher Strikes in Pa. Yet This Year

Pennsylvania may be losing its notoriety as a state prone to teacher strikes

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG — As teachers in Chicago grab national headlines with a strike that has left 404,000 kids out of school, Pennsylvania may be losing its infamous place as the most strike-prone state in the nation. Like Illinois, Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states that allow teachers to go on strike. As recently as the 2006-07 school year, 13 strikes have occurred across Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts, and Pennsylvania has accounted for nearly half of all teachers’ strikes in the United States since 2000. Teachers who plan to go on strike only have to give 48 hours notice under state law. “There has to be some kind of reforms here,” said Eric Montarti, senior research analyst for the Allegheny Institute, a …

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No Teacher Strikes in Pa. Yet This Year

What's to account for the absence of teacher strikes in Pennsylvania this year?

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG — As teachers in Chicago grab national headlines with a strike that has left404,000 kids out of school, Pennsylvania may be losing its infamous place as the most strike-prone state in the nation. Like Illinois, Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states that allow teachers to go on strike. As recently as the 2006-07 school year, 13 strikes have occurred across Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts, and Pennsylvania has accounted for nearly half of all teachers’ strikes in the United States since 2000. Teachers who plan to go on strike only have to give 48 hours notice under state law. “There has to be some kind of reforms here,” said Eric Montarti, senior research analyst for the Allegheny Institute, a …