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South Phoenix Teachers Build Community Support As Walkout Closes Schools For 3rd Day

The teacher walkout is on its third day in Arizona. And it’s hard to drive anywhere here right now without seeing #RedForEd written on a car window or on a sign. It’s that community support that teachers have built together as they fight for more pay and to restore $1 billion to public education. For two south Phoenix districts, constant money woes have compounded the teachers' frustration.


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Casey Kuhn was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2015 to 2019.