John Locke Updates: 2008

Guilford County Schools’ Mission Possible program offers a case study for the value of performance pay in boosting teacher quality within North Carolina’s public schools. JLF Education Policy Analyst Terry…

Several Locke Foundation analysts took their expertise on the road this week. Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington offered an update on state corruption cases in a speech to the…

The John Locke Foundation is no fan of targeted tax incentives that force most taxpayers to subsidize the business of a select few. JLF’s assessment of incentives in…

Two experts associated with the Locke Foundation recently published book reviews in the September issue of The Freeman. Karen Palasek, JLF Director of Educational and Academic Programs, reviewed…

Customers across North Carolina have seen lines at gas pumps in recent weeks, and many saw bags over empty gas pumps since Hurricane Ike. John Locke Foundation Vice President for…

When Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden declared that paying higher taxes is “patriotic,” JLF Policy Analyst and Research Editor Jon Sanders sprang into action. Sanders’ latest Townhall.com…

Days after two Triangle television stations picked up the story, the News & Observer publicized the John Locke Foundation’s criticism of the new $221 million Raleigh Convention Center.

More than 70 percent of the public school systems that won state dropout prevention grants last year saw their graduation rates decline in 2007-08. Only JLF Education Policy Analyst Terry…

The global warming debate attracted attention in Raleigh this week as the Locke Foundation hosted noted climate scientist Roy Spencer for a Headliner luncheon. The News & Observer…

North Carolina’s legislative leaders continued a disturbing policy this year when drafting their budget plan: they relied too heavily on new debt, particularly debt that requires no public approval. JLF…