Los Angeles teachers’ strike enters 5th day amid talks
Clashes over pay, class sizes and support-staff levels in the Los Angeles school district with 640,000 students led to its first strike in 30 years.
Teacher strikes stem from similar struggles across the nation
Teacher shortages, low pay, the pressures of standardized testing and the rise of alternatives to traditional public schools…
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Why Los Angeles teachers are on strike, for the first time in decades
Tens of thousands of teachers in Los Angeles went on strike Monday after months-long contract negotiations stalled. It’s the first strike in that huge school district, which extends 700 square miles, in three decades. Special correspondent Mary MacCarthy talks to…
Los Angeles teachers go on strike but schools stay open with substitutes
Educators and parents wearing ponchos and rain boots and carrying umbrellas gathered downtown to march from City Hall to district headquarters in the pouring rain, pressing for higher pay and smaller class sizes that the district says could bankrupt the…
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Teachers in Los Angeles are preparing to strike Thursday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes.
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