Head Start. Smart Start. More At Four. They all deal with pre-school kids, but how are they different? How would proposed universal pre-kindergarten programs compare to existing programs? Are any of these programs worth the cost? Terry Stoops addresses those questions in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

We?ll also learn details of Daren Bakst?s recent ?blueprint? for annexation reform. Joe Coletti will respond to the N.C. Department of Revenue?s proposal for ?mandatory combined reporting? for corporate taxpayers, and we?ll hear one state senator?s concerns about the process used to gauge success in implementing $10 million in street gang prevention grants.

We?ll also hear highlights from the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy?s recent ceremony honoring the winners of the first Spirit of Inquiry awards.