DETROIT
Teachers union, DPS get help in contract talks
The current contract between Detroit Public Schools and the teachers union will be extended until Wednesday as nego tiations for a new con tract continue, according to a joint statement Sun day from the district and the Detroit Federation of Teachers. The contract expired Saturday. Both sides have reportedly agreed to include such ideas as peer evaluations, shared decision-making and incentive pay.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten took part in Sunday’s negotia tions, including talks about academic reforms.
DFT President Keith Johnson and AFT Michi gan President David Hecker asked her to at tend the meeting.
Johnson said he want ed to have Weingarten— who held a workshop for teachers in May about reforms other unions have adopted — there to answer questions.
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