North Carolina’s latest ACT test scores look pretty bad, even when you limit comparisons only to those states in which most high school students take the test. Terry Stoops explores the numbers in the latest edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Rick Henderson explains why comparisons between average pay for first-year school teachers and fast-food workers miss the mark. You’ll hear Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s assessment of state government’s recent response to his questions about Common Core public school standards.
N.C. State University economist Michael Walden offers us his latest forecast for the state’s economy. Plus author Kevin Duffus explores the history of World War II’s impact on the North Carolina coast.
