Ahead of Friday’s rally in Raleigh organized by the North Carolina Association of Educators, Max Harmon of Jordan Matthews High School and the Chatham County Association of Educators joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell. Harmon shares his perspective on changes seen in Chatham County Schools and across the state caused by the lack of regular public schools funding and teacher pay. He also details what the title of Friday’s rally — “Kids Over Corporations” — means to him and what action he hopes will come from the gathering of educators and supporters in the state capitol.

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