And in West Virginia, unionized teachers have won a 5 percent pay raise, after launching a 4-day statewide strike. West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said he changed his mind about the teachers’ strike after talking to a sixth grader, who is the son of a teacher and had been joining his mother on the picket line since last week. On Monday, the student, Gideon Titus-Glover, asked the governor about state investment in tourism. After the governor explained the idea of returns on investments, the student responded, “Wouldn’t it be an investment to invest in smart teachers that would make me smart and then I can in turn, turn around and do smart, good things for our state?” Teacher salaries in West Virginia are lower than in all but two other states, with salaries beginning at just over $32,000 for a new teacher. Other teachers’ demands, such as lower costs for health insurance, have not yet been resolved. Teachers are returning to work today.