CHICAGO—The 300,000 students of Chicago’s public schools went a ninth day without classes on Oct. 29 as district officials and striking teachers returned to the bargaining table, where they’re trying to hash out the union’s demands on class size, support staff, and pay.
The strike, which began on Oct. 17, is the latest in a recent wave of work stoppages across the United States by educators who have called for more resources and emphasized the need to help underfunded schools, framing their demands as a call for social justice.
