In his most recent commentary for Carolina Journal, political analyst John Hood explains the need for context in discussions of education spending. Hood writes: The average salary of a public…
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online about longstanding problems within N.C. prisons. John Hood’s Daily Journal defends new legislation that tweaks N.C. class-size rules, the state elections board’s composition,…
Has the North Carolina General Assembly left educators and school leaders without the money to implement class-size reductions in grades K-3? Critics say yes. Our Dr. Terry Stoops says no.…
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, discusses plans to reduce public school class sizes. Stoops offered these comments during the Aug. 13, 2017, edition of Spectrum…
The challenge of learning from others’ mistakes by Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality April 13, 2017 Dear State Legislator: First let’s get the obvious points…
News 14 Carolina asked the John Locke Foundation to discuss issues such as state class-size mandates during the latest edition of “Capital Tonight.”
Note: Governor McCrory’s budget proposal would reduce $117 million in funding for teacher assistants. What does the research say about the relationship between teacher assistants and student performance? I addressed…
Kristy Bailey reports for Carolina Journal Online the claims North Carolina education administrators are making about the impact of class-size reduction. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal examines the facts surrounding the…
View in your browser. Welcome A recent Brookings Institute report, Class Size: What Research Says and What it Means for State Policy, pointed out that schools can realize meaningful increases…
Two Canadian researchers conducted a new analysis of data from Project STAR, Tennessee’s highly influential class size experiment. Their study has been published by the National Bureau of Economic Research…
Headline from a recent Education Week article: Class-Size Reduction of Limited Value on Achievement Gap, Study Finds North Carolina gets a shout-out in the article. In North Carolina, a pilot…
The 28 counties that have put tax increase votes on the November ballot are quick to declare that they are in dire fiscal straits and that they must have more…