Parents took part in a vigil Sunday evening outside a Massachusetts elementary school, as they hope the teachers union and school committee can come to an agreement to end the teacher strike before Thanksgiving.

The state’s labor relations board in a precedent setting decision last week determined school committees are no longer obligated to engage in contract negotiations with striking teachers.

One of three Massachusetts communities reached a deal with their striking teachers union on Friday, leaving two left to hammer out a final agreement. The Union of Gloucester Educators said in a Facebook post that the union and the Gloucester School Committee “came to a tentative agreement for successor collective bargaining agreements for both the teachers and paraprofessional units,

The state is expected to intervene in contract negotiations between school committees and unions in Marblehead and Beverly as students approach a third week of missed classes.

A judge has pledged to waive mounting fines against striking teachers in three Massachusetts communities for Friday if they agree to return to the classroom by Monday.

Educators in two North Shore communities remained on strike Sunday night, hours after a court-ordered deadline to reach a contract in Beverly passed, as officials in the districts announced that more than 7,

Republican lawmakers have announced that Congress will continue to follow the centuries-old norm that men should use the men's room and women should use the ladies' room, in response to the election of the first-ever transgender member of Congress,

Beverly and Marblehead educators' strikes are poised to keep on another day, stretching over two weeks across both districts.