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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 10:44 PM Mar 2018

Arizona teachers demand 20 percent raise at Capitol protest

Source: Associated Press

Arizona teachers demand 20 percent raise at Capitol protest

By MELISSA DANIELS
18 minutes ago

PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of teachers descended on the Arizona state Capitol on Wednesday to demand a 20 percent pay raise and increases to public education funding, which they say was $1 billion higher before the Great Recession.

Clad in red shirts and carrying signs with the hashtag #RedforEd, demonstrators filled the lawns of the capitol for a three-hour protest.

Kelley Fisher, a 20-year teaching veteran who attended Wednesday’s demonstration, said education funding should be increased so educators don’t have to take multiple jobs.

“I really feel like everyone has been pushed to the brink at this point, and if we’re going to make a move, this is when it’s going to be,” she said.

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Arizona teachers demand 20 percent raise at Capitol protest (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2018 OP
Some people still believe teachers are glorified babysitters. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #1
When I first began teaching, I looked at Arizona as a possibility. LuckyLib Mar 2018 #2

LuckyLib

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2. When I first began teaching, I looked at Arizona as a possibility.
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 12:16 AM
Mar 2018

Then saw that it has historically been a low pay state for teachers, and the salaries were abysmal. Stayed away. Arizona does not and has not valued education -- it doesn't invest in its students.

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