The State Board of Education wants an additional $385 million added to the state budget for public schools this year. But Terry Stoops says much of that budget increase would pay for programs with no track record of boosting student achievement. Stoops explains in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Speaking of the State Board of Education, chairman Howard Lee recently reminded lawmakers that the elected state superintendent of public instruction has little power in setting state education policy. You?ll hear highlights from those comments.
A University of Tennessee economist recently recommended that North Carolina state lawmakers scrap their corporate income tax. You?ll learn why. Meanwhile, Locke tax man Joe Coletti will respond to the governor?s recent announcement of proposals to increase state government involvement in water policy.
And William Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College, will explain why he?s pushing for a cultural change in the world of college athletics.
