A pair of media outlets picked up this week on John Locke Foundation Education Policy Analyst Terry Stoops‘ latest Spotlight report. The Durham Herald-Sun and Monroe Enquirer-Journal highlighted Stoops’ computations of the growth rate in public school personnel since 2000. Stoops’ annual report on teacher compensation also attracted attention from a Greensboro News & Record columnist, which led to further discussion at the EdCone.com blog.  Meanwhile, the Mooresville Tribune recently published N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair‘s column on failure rates among high school freshmen.