Denver school leaders and teachers are set to resume negotiations Tuesday to end a strike over pay amid a swell of educator activism that has affected at least half a dozen states over the past year. The strike affecting about 71,000 students in the school district began Monday after a round of last-minute talks broke down over the weekend. The union is pushing to lower or eliminate some of those bonuses to free up more money that would be added to overall teacher pay. The district has proposed raising starting teacher pay from $43,255 to $45,500 a year. The school district says that just over half of teachers in district-run schools — 2,631 of the 4,756 — called in absent Monday.

Source: National Post February 12, 2019 05:14 UTC