Little Rock schools brace for possible teachers strike

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s school district is bracing for the possibility of its first strike in decades because a state panel this month voted to strip the local teachers union of its collective bargaining power.
The Little Rock Education Association’s contract with the 23,000-student district ends on Thursday, and the state Board of Education earlier this month voted to no longer recognize the association as the district’s sole bargaining agent after that da