Detroit Union Agrees to Deal Ending Strike

After a 16-day strike that kept schools closed for more than a week past the scheduled opening date, teachers and school officials in Detroit this morning announced they have a tentative agreement.

Schools would reopen Thursday, after the 9,500-member Detroit Federation of Teachers puts the agreement to a vote before its members tomorrow morning, union President Janna Garrison said at a joint news conference this afternoon with William F. Coleman III, the superintendent of the Detroit public schools, and Kwame Kilpatrick, the city’s mayor.

She added that she expects members...