Marblehead Education Association Jonathan Heller was hopeful that face-to-face negotiations Monday will lead to agreements.

Officials in Marblehead and Gloucester both announced schools will once again be canceled as the teachers unions and school committees failed to reach a labor agreement.

Officials in Marblehead, Gloucester, and Beverly all announced schools will once again be canceled as the teachers unions and school committees failed to reach a labor agreement.

Teachers strikes will continue in three North Shore communities Tuesday, though negotiators reported some “significant progress” in contract talks Monday.

MARBLEHEAD — School is canceled again Tuesday, marking the sixth day Marblehead students have been out of class during a strike of the Marblehead Education Association. But a shift in how negotiations ...

With teachers on strike in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead, officials say the rapidly rising cost of special education is ...

School district leaders say anecdotal evidence suggests the strikes were planned together. But union leaders say the decisions to strike were made independently based on local circumstances.

School committee members in all three districts said some of the teachers' requests are not financially feasible.

Negotiations between educators and school committees in Marblehead, Beverly, and Gloucester remain unresolved as the teacher ...