We’ve heard a lot about teacher pay and education spending during this year’s election campaign season, but Terry Stoops wishes politicians and pundits would spend more time pondering a bigger problem: the “persistent failure” to boost male African-American public school students’ academic achievement. Stoops analyzes the issue during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Jon Guze discusses the “ban the box” movement targeting employment application forms. State Budget Director Andrew Heath addresses the economic data associated with Gov. Pat McCrory’s proclaimed “Carolina Comeback.”
You’ll hear University of North Carolina system President Margaret Spellings recount her first session working with the N.C. General Assembly. Plus you’ll learn about the work of a state blue-ribbon commission studying North Carolina’s infrastructure needs.
