The recent school testing flap involving state lawmakers and a Wake County judge generated a radio opportunity for Lindalyn Kakadelis of the N.C. Education Alliance. She discussed that issue and charter school developments with Lockwood Phillips on
WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio.” A Charlotte Observer article this week about a new video from embattled Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones featured analysis from Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor. Observer columnist Jack Betts cited the N.C. History Project in a discussion about the concept of “nullification.” The News & Observer reprinted that column. Meanwhile, News 14 Carolina has cited information from the N.C. History Project in at least one of this week’s Black History Month features. Speaking of history, Troy Kickler and Daren Bakst have been named to the Higher Education Advisory Committee for Janine Turner’s Constituting America. A Yes! Weekly editorial referenced the John Locke Foundation while discussing an ongoing dispute over protest petitions in Greensboro.
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