As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopeless herself.

"I'm happy to return because I know the kids need me," Black said in an interview from her Calgary home.

"But I'm unhappy to return because nothing has changed."

Black is among 51,000 teachers and about 750,000 students in public, separate and francophone schools who face the possibility of soon returning to the classroom. WATCH | With legislature back in session, will the province legislate teachers back to work?:

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