Education Dive – Linda Jacobson
“Even though LAUSD schools have remained open, the majority of the district’s students have stayed out this week. On Thursday — when the district resumed contract negotiations with UTLA — less than 84,000 of the district’s roughly 500,000 students attended school. Perhaps that’s because the district issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that absences during the strike would not affect graduation, that principals would work with families on attendance, and that the district would not put “students in the middle of disputes between adults.” ” (more)