Teachers strike in Minnesota cancels classes for 36,000 public school students

Students in Minnesota’s capital city spent the day at home after teachers in St. Paul started a strike upon failing to negotiate with the district’s administration.

Parents in St. Paul were notified Tuesday morning that classes had been canceled for the 36,000 students in the district because teachers were on strike. The teachers union had been in negotiations with the district to finalize their contracts when they hit a roadblock trying to address staffing shortages.