Red-clad Arizona teachers march in statewide strike

A sea of teachers clad in red shirts flowed toward the Arizona Capitol on Thursday for an unprecedented walkout that closed most of the state’s public schools.

Waving signs and red balloons, tens of thousands of teachers and their supporters headed through downtown Phoenix for a rally at the state Capitol to demand a 20% raise for teachers, about $1 billion to return school funding to pre-Great Recession levels and increased pay for support staff, among other things.