WATCH: Tentative deal reached by LA school district, striking teachers union
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, accompanied by leaders United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced the agreement at City Hall a few hours after a 21-hour bargaining session ended before dawn.
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…
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…
Teachers in Los Angeles are preparing to strike Thursday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes.
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