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    Los Angeles school district, teachers reach tentative deal to end strike

    by Howard Blume and Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times Jan 23, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - What was going to be a fierce morning march on Los Angeles school district headquarters became a celebration instead Tuesday as thousands of striking teachers learned of a tentative agreement to end a six-day strike.

    "You just taught the best lesson of your life," union President Alex Caputo-Pearl told a sea of supporters in union-red T-shirts gathered in Grand Park.

    Caputo-Pearl had just emerged from a City Hall news conference in which his handshake with L.A. schools Superintendent Austin Beutner was warmer than many expected.

    The union leader hailed the strike as a success and a national model, as did Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who mediated the talks that led to a deal. Even Beutner, who had tried to stop the strike, said the job action had

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