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,

Teachers in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead are entering their third week of illegal strikes. There's no resolution in sight, and the financial and educational consequences are mounting. Why it matters: Over 1,

The teacher strike against the Albany School District have entered their third week as negotiations remain at a standstill.