Class Size Brings Strike by Washington Teachers

by E Wayne Ross on September 12, 2009

The New York Times: Class Size Brings Strike by Teachers

KENT, Wash. (AP) — On what was scheduled to be the first day of school, students and teachers at Mill Creek Middle School here never made it through the front door. They stood or sat outside by the flagpole, waving signs and yelling at passing motorists.

The teachers have just ended a second week on strike, keeping more than 26,000 students at 40 schools out of the classroom.