Nov 10, 1997 11:55 AM

Back to Class

Ontario teachers were back in classrooms today, two weeks after they walked out in protest of a education bill. Some 2.1 million students were caught in the middle of the battle for control of education in the province between teachers unions and the Conservative government.

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