Arizona teachers demanding raise protest at schools

PHOENIX (AP) " Thousands of Arizona teachers wearing red shirts and carrying signs protested outside more than a thousand schools Wednesday, demanding higher salaries and better school funding.The "walk-ins" were held before classes and were organized by a grassroots movement pushing for a 20 percent raise and more than $1 billion in new education funding. Arizona's demonstration is part of a wave of educators in Republican-majority states demanding higher pay. West Virginia teachers [...]


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