Generations Of Teacher Advocacy

By Ben Felder Staff Writer bfelder@oklahoman.com Teaching is in Marissa McGinley's blood — and maybe a little protesting, too. McGinley, a fourth-grade teacher at Coronado Heights Elementary School in Oklahoma City, followed in her parents' footsteps and is now in her fifth year of teaching. However, before she was born, her parents left the education profession to seek more financial stability for their growing family. But not before they took part in the state's first teacher strike in 1979, when more than 1,000 teachers at Oklahoma City Public Schools walked off the job for 12 days, eventually pushing administrators to approve a 9 percent pay raise. Thirty-nine years later, McGinley is preparing to join thousands of other teachers for a possible April strike, if state lawmakers fail to approve a significant pay increase. "He ended up going to work for the post office because it was better for his family," McGinley said of her father, Jim McGinley, who died in 2016. "But he was excited for me when I said I wanted to become a teacher.Read more on NewsOK.com

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