Nova Scotia teachers take to Twitter to show empty classrooms

Teachers from across Nova Scotia are posting selfies and photoson Twitter using the hashtag ReadytoTeach to show what their empty classrooms look like today.

Besides the images, many of the teachers are describing how it feels to not have any kids in the classrooms.

On Saturday, the government announced all public schools in Nova Scotia would close beginning todaybut teachers would still be expected to report to work.

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The announcement came amidst a contract dispute between the Nova Scotia Teachers Union and the province's Liberal government. Talks broke off Nov. 25, and teachers had planned to start awork-to-rule job action as of today.

However the province said the work-to-rule job action would create unsafe conditions, such asinsufficient supervision of students,and shut down the schools. As of Monday, it's unclear just how long it will be before students will rejoin teachers in the classroom.