Los Angeles teachers went on strike for our schools – and the country | Larry Strauss

Los Angeles teachers prevailed for now, but public school teachers and their students deserve far more in this country

Last week, we stood outside our schools and marched through neighborhoods and took over downtown LA and the teachers of Los Angeles have prevailed – for now, sort of.

We received a raise that will not even cover the increased cost of living since our last raise. We won class size reductions that will make teaching slightly less challenging. Our students will have a nurse in every school and more counselors and librarians. This was a fight for the future of public education in the second largest city in the US and it represented the struggle of all public school teachers in this country.

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