LA Teacher Strike Forces 430,000 Students Out of Classrooms

Los Angeles public schools have closed for a three-day strike, forcing the cancellation of classes for 430,000 students who are still catching up from pandemic-era disruptions.

Teachers and other employees in the nation’s second-largest school district plan to walk off the job from Tuesday to Thursday, according to Los Angeles Unified District School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The strike comes after the district and the Service Employees International Local 99 union, which represents the 30,000 school support staff, failed to come to a last-minute agreement.

A Los Angeles Unified School District teacher stands in the rain in Los Angeles on March 21.

Photographer: Damian Dovarganes/AP

The teachers union is striking in solidarity, with marchers on Tuesday joining picket lines in ...