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Minneapolis Public Schools reached a tentative deal with teachers Friday, ending a strike that officially started on March 8 and canceled school for 30,000 students, said Superintendent Ed Graff.

A tentative agreement has been reached between Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and the union that represents teachers and staff.

The agreement would resolve a standoff that had closed schools for nearly three weeks.

Ilbusca/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and educational support professionals on Friday reached a tentative agreement with

Minneapolis Public Schools reached an agreement with its teachers union, ending the strike that have left over 29,000 students out of schools for 14 days.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers in Minneapolis reached a tentative agreement early Friday to end a more than two-week strike over pay and other issues that idled some 29,000 students and

No negotiations on Wednesday as texts between district official, union president are publicized.

The strike in Minneapolis is reaching a critical turning point, with the MFT desperately seeking to finalize some sort of rotten agreement to shut down the struggle.

Representatives from the district and the union are continuing negotiations in search of contract agreements.

The “Educators of Color” MOA and related proposals have absolutely nothing to do with a struggle against racism or for social justice, whatever the MFT and the proponents of the MOA may think.