Charlotte-Mecklenburg educator Justin Parmenter on public education funding and the May Day rally
Justin Parmenter (Courtesy photo)
Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers and their supporters converged on Raleigh this past Friday to demand that state lawmakers end their chronic lack of support for public schools. That the participants in the “Kids over Corporations” rally had a strong case to make is hard to deny. Their event took place just days after a new report placed North Carolina 46th in the nation for teacher pay for the current school year — down three spots from last year — and 39th in the nation for per pupil spending.
One expert who was there on Friday, knows…
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