Terry Stoops has a number of concerns about Wake County’s $1 billion school facilities spending plan. You’ll hear many of those concerns this weekend on Carolina Journal Radio.

Joe Coletti will tell us why the state should consider a high-risk health insurance pool, while John Fund of the Wall Street Journal offers his “Visitor’s Guide to an Alien Planet: Washington, D.C.”

You’ll also hear a report about efforts to lower the high school dropout rate in North Carolina, and we’ll examine some interesting research from Duke professor Gavan Fitzsimons about the impact of questions on behavior.