Michael Whatley, the Republican National Committee chairman now running for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, has spent his campaign branding the GOP as

The school districts say they’re closing for the day because they won’t have enough staff due to so many teachers requesting the day off.

North Carolina teachers are marching because of a decade-long plan to dismantle public education.

In a new ranking, NC fell to 46th in the nation in both per-student spending and average teacher pay. This is due in part to the lack of a state budget, as other states pulled ahead.

The school districts say they’re closing for the day because they won’t have enough staff due to so many teachers requesting the day off.