An estimated 50,000 people donned red and marched to the Arizona State Capitol in downtown Phoenix and a smaller number joined together in downtown Tucson to support more funding for public education on the first day of the statewide teacher walk out, April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Teachers march down Jefferson during the Arizona teacher walkout in Phoenix, Az., on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
"It's our day to be noticed," says Beatrice Goldsmith as she joined approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters on Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands march to the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Teachers chant as they participate in a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Teacher Walk Out in Phoenix
Arizona teachers march to the Arizona State Capitol during a walkout for higher pay and more education funding on Apr. 26, 2018 in Phoenix, Ariz. (Photo by Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Hundreds of Red For Ed supporters line Broadway Boulevard near Granada downtown during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Tucson participated in the statewide teacher walkout for the #RedForEd movement. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Motorists show their support for teachers and community members gathered downtown near Broadway and Granada during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Tucson participated in the statewide teacher walkout for the #RedForEd movement.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Teachers and supporters hold their Red For Ed signage on the pedestrian bridge over Broadway Boulveard downtown during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Tucson participated in the statewide teacher walkout for the #RedForEd movement.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Supporters stand on the pedestrian bridge that crosses over Congress Street.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
A man stands in the crosswalk on Congress Street near Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Approximately a thousand people lined Congress Street to show their support for #Red4Ed.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Approximately a thousand teachers, other staff and supporters line Congress Street at Granada Avenue on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Isaac Rivas, 11, right, pours water into his brother's, Ismael's, 11, mouth as the two take a break from protesting with their mom who's a teacher in the Catalina Foothills School District during the first day of a statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Approximately a thousand people lined Congress Street to show their support for #Red4Ed.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands march to the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands march to the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
A protester chants along with thousands of others as they participate in a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Participants chant during a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands march on the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. A sea of teachers clad in red shirts and holding "Money for Schools" signs reached the Arizona Capitol to press lawmakers for action Thursday, a key event in an unprecedented walkout that closed most of the state's public schools and built on an educator uprising that bubbled up in other parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands chant as they participate in a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Thousands participate in a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. A sea of teachers clad in red shirts and holding "Money for Schools" signs reached the Arizona Capitol to press lawmakers for action Thursday, a key event in an unprecedented walkout that closed most of the state's public schools and built on an educator uprising that bubbled up in other parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Diana Tapia drops off her son Alec, 3, to the day care at Walker Early Learning Center on the campus of Walker Elementary School which is open during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018 in Tucson, AZ. Tapia said she would take her daughter Anail, 7, left, a Walker Elementary student with her to work.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Cayce Miners, an orchestra teacher at Tucson High Magnet School, writes #RedforEd on his car window before driving to Phoenix, Ariz. for a rally as part of the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018. Photo by Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Teacher Walkout: Day One
Callista Radloff, a teacher from Safford K-8 School, speaks to a group of teachers, support staff and supporters at the Pima College Community West campus before driving to Phoenix, Ariz. for a rally as part of the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
A maintenance staffer at Catalina Foothills High School north of Tucson, Ariz., moves tables in a dark, quiet classroom wing during the first day of the statewide Teacher Walk Out on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
A dark, empty cafeteria at Catalina Foothills High School north of Tucson, Ariz., that can handle as much as 1,800 students during a normal school day is dark and quiet during the first day of the statewide Teacher Walk Out on April 26, 2018.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Six-year-old Liam Evans studies the bubbles from his bubble gun on the playground gym at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018 in Tucson, AZ. Liam was out enjoying his "day off" from the Khalsa School with his family.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Destiny Valdez, left, a sixth-grader at Walter Douglas Elementary School, feeds younger brother Channing Stafford, 2, a grape at a lightly-attended lunchtime at the school, 3302 N. Flowing Wells Road, during the teacher walkout on April 26, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. The school served 16 lunches on Thursday.
Arizona Teacher Walk Out
Tucson Unified School District busses sit empty at the transportation center on the first day of the statewide Arizona Teacher Walkout on April 26, 2018.