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DETROIT
Detroit’s public school teachers voted overwhelmingly last week to return to work, ending a 10-day strike that had idled the district’s 182,000 students.

By a voice vote, teachers gave preliminary approval to a compromise package worked out between union leaders and school-district representatives.

That deal, widely viewed as imperfect but workable, translates into a slight pay raise for teachers over the next six years, smaller class sizes, and more classroom supplies, the Detroit News reported.

To win the union’s approval, school officials were forced to drop their most contentious proposals — linking teachers’ pay to students’ performance, and lengthening the school year.

Teachers are expected to give final approval to the compromise contract later this month by a mail-in secret ballot, according to the Associated Press.