this was the state capitol in oklahoma today. the huge teacher strike taking part in most of the state. thousands of teachers swarmed the capital by 10:00 a.m. state troopers started turning people away. they couldn t fit any more people inside the statehouse rotunda by 10:00 a.m. educators in oklahoma walked off the job yesterday to protest their very low pay and cuts to education funding in oklahoma. last week, the legislature did rush through a bill to not do much for schools but to raise the teacher s pay a bit. they hoped enough to get the teachers to stop this rebellion. but the teachers were not appeased. they don t just want their own raises, they want school support staff