Teachers, district at odds

With thousands of jobs at stake, the rhetoric between Los Angeles Unified officials and the teachers union heated up Tuesday as the two sides accused each other of not negotiating in good faith over plans to close a $408 million budget gap.Connie Llanos in the Daily News,

Superintendent John Deasy lamented that United Teachers Los Angeles has rejected an agreement that six other unions have signed, calling for six furlough days in exchange for saving thousands of jobs.

If signed by all nine unions, the deal would save about 5,700 jobs, although the district would still make about 1,900 layoffs.