Cutting Through The Noise: Community Conversation
When:
Sat, February 7, 2026 2:30 PM
Where:
Prestige Barber College 2006 Phillips Ave., Greensboro, NC 27406
Come support Kids Over Corporations by attending this event!
We shortchange our future, when billionaires don't pay what they owe.
The buck stops here! North Carolina's public schools are already stretched to the limit. Every new dollar in corporate tax cuts or private school vouchers is a dollar taken from students who desperately need smaller class sizes, updated technology, safe school buildings, and well-paid educators who can afford to stay in the profession. If we keep cutting taxes for those at the top, our students will never have the opportunities they deserve to reach their full potential.
Tell the NCGA to Put Our Kids Over CorporationsThis is the Future We're Building for Our Kids:
Increase state investment in public schools.
Our children and public schools desperately need a real investment. Giving money to corporations and funding private schools cannot allow real investment in funding teachers, classrooms and the support every child needs to thrive.
Stop the tax giveaways.
Tax cuts can’t teach a child to read. Every dollar we give away in new tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations is a dollar taken from North Carolina’s classrooms. Private school vouchers are just another giveaway to wealthy families.
Build collective power to stand up for our kids and schools.
Quality public education has an impact on all of our lives and our strength lies in our unity. We must end the ban on collective bargaining so that together—teachers, school staff, parents, and community members—we can defend and strengthen the schools our students depend on.
Our Demands
North Carolina's public schools are at a breaking point. While politicians hand out billions in tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations, our classrooms are being denied the resources students and educators need. We rank at the bottom in teacher pay and school funding, and one in five teachers has left the profession in just the past two years. Every new corporate giveaway is a dollar taken from students who need smaller classes, updated materials, and teachers who can afford to stay. It's time to put kids over corporations and invest in the educators and public schools that make our communities strong.
In the 2026 legislative short session we demand:
- $3,000 increase in per student funding from the General Assembly
- Cap private school voucher spending
- Freeze corporate tax cuts
- Rollback state health care premium increases
Ways to Get Involved
Join us, raise your voice, and stand united for our kids, our educators, and the future of North Carolina's public schools.
Follow us from the Mountains to the Coast
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For the Love of Education
When:
Thu, February 19, 2026 7:30 PM
Where:
810 Tyvola Rd. Suite 132, Charlotte, NC 28217
GCAE Spring Campaign Launch
When:
Thu, March 12, 2026 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where:
Smith High School 2407 S Holden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27406
Guilford County School Board Meeting
When:
Tue, April 14, 2026 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Where:
Greensboro, NC
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Attend a Schoolhouse Voices Training
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is bringing our communities together through Schoolhouse Voices—a training series designed to help us learn how to advocate effectively, build partnerships, and take meaningful action for our students.
Host We Are Public Schools: House Parties and Social Gatherings
These gatherings are simple, informal events where you invite people you already know—family, friends, coworkers, faith communities, fraternity brothers, or sorority sisters—to talk about what's happening in our public schools and what it will take for every student, no matter their ZIP code, to thrive.
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Who We Are
Our strength lies in our unity. Together—teachers, school staff, parents, and community members—we can defend and strengthen the schools our kids' futures depend on.
Kids Over Corporations is a project of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE). NCAE is North Carolina's leading voice for educational excellence, for children and their families, and for the public schools they count on. As the public school employees union and the largest association of professional educators in North Carolina, our membership extends to all 100 counties and includes teachers, non-classified school staff, administrators, students, retirees, and community allies. NCAE believes that every child has a right to a high-quality education, an excellent teacher, and a well-funded school.