Teachers to march again in Raleigh, but some lawmakers seem to be missing the message

We know Sen. Phil Berger, perhaps the most powerful lawmaker in North Carolina politics, can speak.

If there’s a piece of legislation in the last five to ten years that advanced without the Big Berger’s caustic input, I can’t name it.

But can Sen. Berger listen too? Can he hear any voices outside of the GOP caucus, where Republicans appear content to rest on their extraordinarily modest laurels with respect to public education, despite yet another looming K-12 protest on the steps of the Legislative Building?

Chances are slim if we’re to take Berger’s word for it. The Rockingham County Republican fired off a statement last week dismissing next month’s march as a political stunt, the machinations of the (supposedly) inextricably intertwined Democratic Party and N.C. Association of Educators.

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