Surrounded by charter school and preschool students, Alison Arians, left, Callie Conerton, Cat Coward and Mary Hakala, right, lead a cheer during a rally for an increase in the state’s base student allocation for education funding in front of the Capitol in Juneau, Alaska, on Friday, April 4, 2014. A citizen coalition group, Great Alaska Schools, organized the event attended by about 150 people. (AP Photo/Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)