Teachers, District Far Apart in Oakland Strike

By Millicent Lawton

At the end of the first full week of the teachers' strike in Oakland, Calif., both district officials and union representatives reported little progress and no end in sight.

Both the 3,500-member Oakland Education Association, which went on strike Feb. 15, and school district officials held out little hope late last week of a quick resolution to their differences over pay and class sizes.

District officials say there is no room in the $330 million budget to meet the teachers' demands for higher...