AUSTIN, Texas — Schoolteacher raises of $5,000 are on the table in Texas — a proposed pay hike that ranks among the biggest in the U.S. since a wave of teacher unrest began last year. But protests aren't why the money is suddenly available.
Suddenly, cost-cutting states turn friendly to teachers
GOP legislators feeling election pressure after 2018
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