Photos: #RedforEd march and rally in downtown Tucson
Approximately 1,500 protested for an increase in education funding and teacher's pay, chanted, danced and flashed their signs on all four corners of Granada and Congress, Tucson, Ariz.
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Andrada High School biology and chemistry teacher Lisa Daconta encourages westbound motorists on Congress at Granada to honk in support of the 1,500 or so teachers, parents and supporters at the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Approximately 1,500 southern Arizona teachers march down Congress, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, asking the state for increases in education funding and teacher pay, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson High student Zuly Bustamante, with her twin sister Samira, right, makes her voice heard with a megaphone while helping lead the march west on 6th St., part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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The rally and march for the #RedforEd movement earns a thumbs-up from a bystander as they head west past 4th Ave. on 6th St., Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Pima Community College writing teacher, and tuba player, John Fulmer plays along with a several other musicians helping keep the crowd of 1,500 or so entertained, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson High science teacher Jim Sinex tries to interact with westbound Congress motorists stopped for the traffic light at Granada, part of a rally and march by 1,500 teachers, students and supporters for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Teachers Callista Radloff, left, and Nicole Ramirez keep the crowd of 1,500 chanting as they rally at Granada and Congress during the march and protest for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson Police sergeant Stacie Schaner helps a subset of the 1,500 protesters get a cell phone photo, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Holaway Elementary teacher Sue Clark, left, Zack Jarrett and his wife, Holaway teacher Jessica Jarrett, dance with red umbrellas, symbolic for the attempt to get the state to use the rainy day budget to increase school funding, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Manzo Elementary school teacher Brandy Martin takes a turn with the bullhorn and keeping the crowd engages, at the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Supporter Dathon Golish employs a minimalist approach to his signage, part of the 1,500 rallying for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Part of the crowd of approximately 1,500, flashes an assortment of colorful signs to the traffic along Congress at Granada, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Approximately 1,500 teachers, students and supporters stream along Congress just west of Church on their way to to the Arizona State offices at Granada, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson high counselor Monicia Porter chants with the crowd lining Congress outside the State of Arizona Office Building, part of the rally and march for the #RedforEd movement, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
Educators, organizers are testing the waters and public support for a strike.
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"We're meeting with the decision makers'' instead, the governor said, meaning school superintendents, as teachers protest low pay.
Leaders of #RedForEd have scheduled a vote this week to decide whether to strike.
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He differs from his fellow Republican, the state schools chief, on that issue.