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

District officials and union representatives in all three communities are still divided on key issues, including paid parental leave and wages for teachers and teaching assistants.

As teacher strikes in Marblehead, Gloucester and Beverly continue, teachers' unions and school committees are reporting slow progress.

Teachers in Gloucester, Beverly and Marblehead will remain on strike heading into another school week as halting negotiations failed to reach a deal again over the weekend.

While the three strikes are separate, some of the sticking points have been the same — as they have in a recent wave of other teacher strikes across the state.

Teachers in Gloucester, Beverly, and Marblehead returned to the picket line Friday and classes were canceled again.

Strikes in three North Shore towns came closer to interrupting the next school week as negotiations continued to stall Sunday.

BEVERLY - As classes were canceled in Beverly for a sixth day due to the North Shore teacher strike, the school committee is now publicly weighing how students will make up the missed learning time. Massachusetts law requires students to spend at least 180 days in class,

Teachers in Marblehead, Beverly, and Gloucester remain in a stalemate over contract negotiations, with ongoing strikes potentially affecting school vacations.