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    L.A. Teacher Strike Scheduled For Monday, And New Findings In College Hunger Report

    In this week's roundup of education news: Teachers in the nation's second largest school district prepare to go on strike; an initiative in New York City will provide free prescription glasses to kindergartners and first graders. That and other news.
    by Jeffrey Pierre Jan 12, 2019 3 minutes

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    'We strike on Monday if no agreement is reached'

    Los Angeles is bracing for a teacher strike on Monday, which could affect roughly 480,000 public school students.

    On one side is the LA Unified School District. On the other side is United Teachers Los Angeles, a union of about 30,000 members who have been working without a contract for over a year now.

    Negotiations continued this week between the union

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