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LAUSD / UTLA reach tentative agreement: what’s the deal?

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jan 22, 2019
Students pose for a snapshot after walking the picket line with their teachers and parents on the third day of the teachers' strike, January 16, 2019, outside Dahlia Heights Elementary School in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, California. - Teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest public school district in the United States, are striking for smaller class size, better school funding and higher teacher pay. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Students pose for a snapshot after walking the picket line with their teachers and parents on the third day of the teachers' strike, January 16, 2019, outside Dahlia Heights Elementary School in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, California.
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LAUSD / UTLA reach tentative agreement: what’s the deal?

Earlier this morning, Mayor Eric Garcetti, alongside UTLA President Alex Caputo Pearl and LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner, announced a tentative agreement to end the teachers’ strike.

The deal includes lower class sizes, community-based schools, improved support staff and a salary increase for teachers.

Teachers will return to work and normal classes will resume tomorrow, should the 34,000 members of the teachers union vote to approve the deal later today.

Guest:

Kyle Stokes, education reporter at KPCC; he tweets