Trending claims

United Teachers Los Angeles is seeking to increase starting teacher salaries to $80000 and asking for smaller classroom sizes in some grades

California provides a record amount of state funding per student even though some school districts are still struggling to balance their budgets

The teachers union in the Los Angeles Unified School District declared an impasse in contract talks in December and last month authorized a strike if an agreement could not be reached through mediation

District spokeswoman Ms Dudnick said the district was grappling with a major budget deficit and health care coverage would need to be worked out at the bargaining table

That could soon increase to $1500 a month

Tony Thurmond proposed legislation to change how California funds its schools to base the formula on the number of students enrolled in a district rather than the average daily attendance but it has stalled in the legislature

Many districts have not been able to close schools because of community and labor opposition and they have not cut staff in parallel with their loss of students

District officials say Los Angeles Unified cannot afford the union’s proposal

Julie Van Winkle said the coordination was inspired by the 2018 “Red for Ed” movement in which thousands of teachers walked off the job to demand higher pay and more school funding

Districts are seeing higher rates of absenteeism than before the pandemic which further hurts their funding because they receive money based on how many days students attend Tony Thurmond said

U.T.L.A. teachers went on a sympathy strike in March 2023 when support staff walked out shutting down schools for three days

A teacher with family health care coverage pays about $1200 a month

The California Teachers Association launched a campaign last year called “We Can’t Wait”

Teachers in Richmond negotiated an 8 percent raise over two years after a nearly weeklong strike in December

Teachers have watched their colleagues win sizable pay increases by going on strike

Cassondra Curiel rejected Daniel Lurie's request to postpone the strike

San Francisco teachers went on strike Monday for the first time since 1979

District officials announced on Monday afternoon that schools would stay closed on Tuesday

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James Palmer is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy