USA TODAY
The wave of teacher strikes that has rocked education in the last 11 months reached a crescendo early Monday, as educators in the nation’s second-largest school district took to the streets of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Unified School District, where the strike affects half a million students at more than 900 schools, is opting to keep its doors open this week as teachers protest outside. The 34,000 educators are rallying for better pay, smaller classes, less standardized testing, charter school regulation and more counselors, librarians and nurses.
Teachers braved the early-morning darkness and pouring rain at Colfax Elementary this morning, chanting: “Education is a right! That is why we have to fight!” “Hey hey! Ho ho! We’re fighting to keep class size low!” They passed out red ponchos, donning the color that has become synonymous with the teachers’ labor movement.
