Article: Some trends as American kids head back to school

As the school year begins, few teacher strikes if any are causing delays, more students are attending charter schools and native- language instruction for people whose home language is not English is restricted in California and elsewhere.

A snapshot of some trends in schools this fall:

* The number of teacher strikes has dwindled over the past few years. School boards and union officials say both sides have become more cooperative in their approaches to bargaining.

Also, "Many school districts are addressing pay and benefits issues because of the increasing teacher shortage," said Jamie Horwitz, spokesman for the American Federation of Teachers.

* About 200,000 public school students will ...

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