Teachers, Government Officials Agree to More Talks as Protests Across Mexico Continue teleSUR English
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Mexico: Teachers And Parents Took The Streets Against Education Reform (teleSUR English)

Striking Mexican teachers have made preliminary progress in talks with government officials, agreeing in the fourth meeting on Monday evening to a roadmap for next steps in the negotiations as protests in at least 10 municipalities across five states continued to put pressure on authorities with demands to overhaul education policies, local media reported.

After nearly four hours of talks — considerably shorter than the previous marathon meetings lasting into the early hours of the morning — Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong announced that the two sides of the conflict had reached a deal scheduling three more sessions over the next two weeks focused on the political, educational, and social issues behind the conflict.

Leaders of the CNTE national teachers union leading the strike said that the new talks involve discussions on President Enrique Peña Nieto’s 2013 education reform. The reform is staunchly rejected by the dissident teachers, who call it a neoliberal assault on public education that includes punitive measures toward educators. The first four negotiation sessions have not touched the subject of the controversial reforms, while the Peña Nieto and Education Minister Aurelio Nuño have insisted that the policies are not up for debate.

... Meanwhile, as the talks with the government inch slowly forward, teachers have continued to wage major protests across the country.

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