Gov. Doug Ducey took a swat Monday at an initiative designed to raise taxes on the wealthy to finance education.

Public schools across Arizona remained closed for the third day as Red for Ed protesters descended again on the state Capitol.

As more than 40,000 teachers and their supporters marched from downtown Phoenix to the Arizona Capitol the next morning, the state Senate adjourned for the week and rank-and-file members left without a vote on a budget that could boost teacher pay.

To say a sea of red descended on downtown Phoenix on April 26 may be cliche, but there's hardly a better way to describe the scene that began at Chase Field.

Public school employees voted last week, and they've decided to strike - but leadership behind the Red for Ed movement pumped the breaks.

Gov. Doug Ducey offered teachers a 20 percent raise by 2020, but will that be enough to satisfy their demands?

I hope to continue Achieve60AZ’s forward momentum by developing new strategic partnerships and expanding our statewide reach. We cannot accomplish this goal alone — it will require the help of parents, teachers, administrators, business owners, community leaders, and legislators to help us increase educational attainment.

The proposal would put an immediate $100 million this coming school year into an account that is earmarked for "soft capital,'' things like computers, books and school buses.

Altering a cap on corporate tax credits for private school scholarships will require a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature.

It’s unclear how many students were affected by the high levels, but 158 schools needed to take some type of action to correct the lead issue, according to the School Facilities Board.