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April 27, 2018

Thousands of Arizona & Colorado Teachers Strike to Protest Cuts to Education Funding
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In Arizona, 50,000 teachers walked out of their classrooms Thursday,
shutting down hundreds of high schools in the latest massive teachers
strike to protest cuts to education funding. This is educator Mary
Kotnour.

Bq. Mary Kotnour: "Well the bottom line is funding, funding for
education. So a lot of people think it's just for teachers salaries, and
it's not, it's funding for the schools, for our kids. We haven't had
— the funding stopped in 2008 and has not increased. It's for our
support staff, as well. So it's for everybody, it's not what some people
think just for teachers."

Thousands of teachers in Colorado also walked off the job and converged
at the state capital of Denver, forcing 27 districts in Colorado to
cancel classes.


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