Nationwide Teacher Strikes Persist Across Multiple States
The Associated Press reports ongoing teacher strikes in Billings Montana Wilmington Delaware and New Bedford Massachusetts impacting thousands of students. In Billings 75 percent of 925 teachers are out with schools open only by substitutes while talks resume. Massachusetts judges jail 13 striking New Bedford educators for contempt as talks stall over pay and benefits. In Wilmington pupils rally for teachers to return as Cahokia Illinois experiences a second day of disruption with sparse attendance.