News 14 Carolina’s statewide “Capital Tonight” program called on John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops this week to discuss the merits of proposed virtual charter schools for North Carolina. The radio N.C. News Network also interviewed Stoops about his concern that North Carolina’s rising public school graduation rate masks a decline in graduates’ basic skills.
The News & Observer‘s “WakeEd” blog cited Stoops’ work documenting new charter school applications for Wake County. Stoops also discussed teacher quality research and policy during a Raleigh conference sponsored by the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy titled “How Can We Get Better Teachers?” A Daily Tar Heel letter noted Stoops’ participation in that event.
WSOC Television called on Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato to discuss the tendency of special local taxes to outlive the purposes for which they were first put in place.
