Quoted in this Forbes piece, Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, discusses some of the key differences between 2018’s teachers’ strike and 2019’s strike — mainly that 2019’s is about denying education freedom to West Virginians:

“Let’s be very clear: this strike is very different than last year’s walkout,” said Garrett Ballengee, executive director of the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy. “While last year’s strike was ostensibly about better pay and benefits, this year’s strike is about depriving families the opportunity that millions of other Americans already enjoy: education choice”