USA TODAY: Chicago’s 350,000 public school kids will return to classes Wednesday following agreement by striking teachers to end their walkout after seven days.
Teacher union delegates voted in a private meeting Tuesday to suspend the strike after considering details of a tentative contract presented over the weekend. The contract still awaits approval from the full 25,000-member union, but teachers will return to work immediately, union President Karen Lewis said.
She said the union’s more than 700 delegates voted 98% to 2% to return to work… (more)
