LOS ANGELES _ The Los Angeles teachers union ended its strike Tuesday night, based on overwhelming support for a contract agreement with the school district, union leaders said.
Teachers will be back in their classrooms on Wednesday.
The votes were still being tallied but, said union President Alex Caputo-Pearl, "A vast supermajority are voting yes for the agreement that we made."
"Those are preliminary results but they're so overwhelming that we know what the results are going to be," he said at a news conference.
The union has called the agreement a major victory.
"This is a historic victory for ... educators, students and parents," Caputo-Pearl said earlier in the day. "Class-size reduction, limits on testing and access to nurses, counselors and librarians will change our students' lives forever. We won this victory through our unity, our action and our shared sacrifice."
