Teachers Strike

South High School seniors Johnny Hultzapple (left), Aislinn Thompson (center), and Esperanza Soledad Garcia (right) lead students on a walkout to join their striking teachers on the picket line on February 11th, 2019, in Denver, Colorado. Denver teachers are striking for the first time in 25 years after the school district and the union representing the educators failed to reach an agreement following 14 months of contract negotiations over teacher pay.

South High School students join their striking teachers on the picket line on February 11th, 2019, in Denver, Colorado.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Yevgeniya Pokhilko was one of thousands of teachers who marched in the rain through Los Angeles, California, on January 14th, 2019.

Red for Ed teachers face retribution in Arizona, even as strikes grow next door.

By Alexander Sammon

Striking teachers and their supporters rally in downtown Los Angeles, California, on the second day of the teachers strike, on January 15th, 2019.

The Week in Photos

The strike, which began Monday, is the first in 30 years in Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest school district.

By Kelley Czajka

Los Angeles is the second-largest school district in the nation, with more than 600,000 students in over 1,000 schools.

Organizers say the L.A. movement to better fund public education will inspire solidarity movements nationwide.

By Massoud Hayoun

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Our best reporting on education inequality—and those working to remedy it.

By Emily Moon

Children wave their hands at a private nursery school in Glasgow, Scotland.

Twelve states cut general funding for schools by 7 percent last school year.

By Dwyer Gunn

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speak at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 22nd, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

The Democratic Party may have finally identified a message with staying power.

By Dwyer Gunn

Arizona teachers march toward the State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 26th, 2018.

As in other recent red-state teachers' strikes, the Arizona teachers were agitating not just for raises but for a wholesale improvement of the state's system of education.

By David M. Perry