While Terry Stoops was discussing Common Core during his latest television appearance, one of the N.C. Senate’s top education leaders cited Stoops’ work on Common Core in a letter circulated among his colleagues. In responding to a News & Observer editorial about Common Core, Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, wrote, “In the end, we agreed with Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest and Dr. Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation, who, during their testimony, suggested that the state should appoint parents, classroom teachers, content-area experts, researchers, and other stakeholders to a standards evaluation commission.
The News & Observer‘s “WakeEd” blog cited Stoops’ recent “Locker Room” entry on a Wake County teacher’s efforts to help push a local county commissioner’s political agenda. The N.C. attorney general’s office filed an affidavit from Stoops supporting the state’s new public school teacher tenure law, which faces a legal challenge.
The Greensboro News & Record published a column from Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders panning North Carolina’s film incentives program. The Wilmington Star-News interviewed Sanders for an article about incentives and the N.C. Film Office. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Sanders’ research newsletter on the implications of new lottery sales numbers.
The Bladen Journal, Laurinburg Exchange, and Lumberton Robesonian published Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry‘s column on Tax Freedom Day. The Kernersville News picked up Curry’s column on state government’s unfunded liabilities. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press email Curry’s column on local occupancy taxes and Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo‘s column on marked-based insurance solutions for people with pre-existing health conditions.
