Denver Teachers Strike Over Base Pay
“Denver schoolteachers are going on strike over how their base pay is calculated after more than a year of negotiations between the teachers union and the school district failed to reach agreement. It is the first teacher strike for the city in a quarter century and it affects about 71,000 students across 147 schools, Colorado Public Radio reports. Most Denver Public Schools will remain open, staffed by hundreds of substitute teachers. Early reports indicated that at least 2,100 of the district’s more than 5,000 educators honored the walk out.”