GRAND FORKS — Amid what he calls an “unprecedented attack on public schools,” Nick Archuleta hopes a new project will bring awareness to the importance of public education.

North Dakotans for Public Schools aims to reshape the public’s perception of public education and debunk misinformation about what is happening in North Dakota schools, said Archuleta, president of North Dakota United, a union representing public school teachers, employees and students with over 11,500 members across the state.

“What we have seen over the course of the last couple decades really is an unprecedented attack on public schools,” he said. “(Past generations) always looked at education as the solution to our nation’s problems. And for the last 20 years, that has been flipped around. We’ve seen people that a

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