Teachers in Los Angeles reached a deal with school officials Tuesday to end a strike that affected more than 600,000 students in the nation’s second-largest school system and raised questions about staffing and the future of the sprawling district. The accord was announced by Mayor Eric Garcetti, Superintendent Austin Beutner and Alex Caputo-Pearl, the president of the teachers union. “We have seen over the last few weeks the way the city has rallied around public education. But the teachers and their union, United Teachers Los Angeles, also viewed the strike as a fight for the future of education in the school system, where charter schools have drawn students and resources away from traditional public schools. The district kept schools open during the strike with skeleton staffs of parent volunteers, administrators and classroom aides.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2019 18:27 UTC