Los Angeles Teachers Head Back to School After Reaching Deal

Striking Los Angeles Unified District teachers are joined by parents and students in front of Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School in L.A., on Jan. 22, 2019. Richard Vogel/AP

LOS ANGELES—Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers planned to return to work on Jan. 23, after voting to ratify a deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike in the nation’s second-largest district.

“I voted ‘yes,’ to approve,” said second-grade teacher Wendy Perez. “I think the union negotiated in good faith, and I'd like to believe the district did too.”