«So, what we're doing is going to Raleigh on that day to fight for public education, but we're also making sure that our community is going to hold us down here,» said Bryan Proffitt, president of the Durham Association of Educators, a teacher advocacy organization that organized
the Durham teacher walkout on May 16.
Nik Jones, from Wolsingham School and Community College in County
Durham, is one of thousands of members of the National Union of
Teachers taking part in the
walkout.