Readers of the News & Observer‘s editorial page had a chance this week to read a letter from Michael Sanera, John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Local Government Studies. Sanera picked apart arguments urging Wake County to continue forcing home builders to pay for open space. The National Center for Policy Analysis promoted a recent report from Terry Stoops, Director of Education Studies, highlighting the role North Carolina’s teacher certification rules play in blocking virtual education in North Carolina. The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” noted JLF participation in events across the country marking the late economist Milton Friedman’s birthday. Roy Cordato, Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar, will deliver a lecture on a Friedman-related theme during a lunchtime presentation today in Raleigh. The Foundation for Economic Education featured as a “timely classic” this week Cordato’s 2009 Freeman article on “Deficit Spending and Future Generations: Not What You Might Think.” Daren Bakst, Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies, contributed to a Pope Center for Higher Education Policy forum on federal regulations linked to the privacy of student records.