Charlotte-Mecklenburg educator Justin Parmenter on public education funding and the May Day rally

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 278

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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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 …

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