The 11-day Chicago teachers' strike is over and classes will resume Friday, the city's mayor has announced, after school officials and the Chicago Teachers Union reached an agreement
The 11-day Chicago teachers' strike is over and classes will resume Friday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.School officials and the Chicago Teachers Union reached an agreement, Lightfoot told reporters Thursday afternoon.The mayor said the deal will result in five days of classes being made up. The union wanted twice as many days, but agreed to the compromise, a mayoral spokesperson said.[Previous story, published at 2:28 p.m.
25,000 educators swarmed City Hall with their demands in day 5 of the Chicago teachers' strikeIn addition to more staffing,"We've asked the board to give us a little more time to do our jobs," Sharkey said."Teachers can call it preparation time, but you can call it collaboration time, you can call it time that we need to call parents, the time that we need to grade lessons, to give individual attention to students' work.
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