The district and the union reached a tentative agreement yesterday; the teachers approved the new contract this morning.

The Detroit News feels the agreement doesn’t really solve any underlying problems.  It’s a good point.  The contract gets the teachers back in the classrooms, but it doesn’t do much more than that.

The new deal is a three-year contract; 2009 could be exciting.  Assuming, of course, both that the district and city do not experience a miraculous turnaround (economically and in administrative competence) and that the teachers do not gain realistic perspective.

But at least students matter again, for another three years.