Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, assesses the N.C. Senate education reform plan’s emphasis on reading skills. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 469).
N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, discusses the state budget, education reform, annexation issues, and other topics during a May 9, 2012, media briefing previewing the General Assembly’s upcoming session.
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, explains why he’s glad to see the results of new research from Gary Henry at UNC’s Carolina Institute for Public Policy. Stoops offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 466).
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, discusses key issues driving the 2012 race for N.C. superintendent of public instruction. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 463).
John Locke Foundation President John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s question about North Carolina’s 2012 state budget during the April 1, 2012, episode of N.C. Spin.
John Locke Foundation staff brief North Carolina candidates for public office during a nearly 90-minute session March 23, 2012, at the JLF office in Raleigh. Addressing the candidates are: Becki Gray, Vice President for Outreach, overview; Kory Swanson, Executive Vice President, the role of a think tank; Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal Managing Editor; Roy Cordato,...
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, refutes the myth popularized among left-leaning critics of the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly that the state has slipped to No. 49 in the nation in education spending. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 460).
Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal managing editor, discusses the North Carolina pre-kindergarten nutrition regulations that helped lead to a national controversy involving a 4-year-old Hoke County girl who ate school-prepared chicken nuggets rather than a home-packed turkey-and-cheese sandwich. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 459).
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, compares N.C. public school students’ academic performance to the performance of peers in economically competitive nations around the globe. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 458).
Sara Burrows, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses the controversial Hoke County “chicken nuggets” story with CNN on Feb. 16, 2012.
Sara Burrows’ Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses her article about a 4-year-old Hoke County preschooler forced to eat chicken nuggets instead of a homemade turkey sandwich. Burrows appeared Feb. 15, 2012, on Fox News.
