Last year saw a wave of teachers' strikes across America, but mostly in red states where public education has been starved of funds, putting teachers on starvation wages, subjecting kids to dangerous conditions, and stripping schools of resources and even putting schools on four-day weeks. But on January 10th, the teachers who educate the 694,000 students of the LA Unified School District (comparable to the entire student population of the state of Oklahoma) are heading on strike, in a deep blue city in a deep blue state.
La's Teachers Are Ready To Strike On Tuesday, Rejecting Privatization Of Public Education
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
Sun, 01/06/2019 - 11:38am
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