The New Orleans City Council is intervening in the Orleans Parish School Board's long-running lawsuit against Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration, the latest development in the controversy over Cantrell’s decision to back out of a settlement agreement announced three months ago.

New Orleans City Council members are expected to decide Thursday whether they will sue Mayor LaToya Cantrell in an effort to force her administration to pay NOLA Public Schools $20 million. Why it matters: Cantrell's administration appears to be backing out on an agreement that the council says was already a done deal to avoid staffing cuts.

Members of the Educational Institute of (EIS) teaching union were to walk out on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed. The EIS said strike action has been suspended following an offer from the Glasgow City Council SNP group to withdraw future planned education cuts and a promise to use Scottish government funding to increase teacher numbers to 2023 levels.

A strike by teachers in Glasgow has been suspended following talks between unions and the city council. Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland teaching union were to go out on strike on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed.

Members of the EIS teaching union had been due to walk out on Thursday February 20 in protest over Glasgow City Council cuts to teaching staff.