JLF researchers tackle teacher satisfaction, film incentives, Medicaid reform, and more

Despite media reports to the contrary, survey data show most North Carolina public school teachers report high levels of job satisfaction. John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops reported that fact in a recent column highlighted by the Greensboro News & Record‘s “Off The Record” blog, the N.C. Spin website, and N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email.

Stoops discussed his findings on teacher satisfaction, along with the current North Carolina debate over teacher contracts, with Pete Kaliner on WWNC Radio. Stoops discussed school choice issues during his latest appearance with Lockwood Phillips on WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio.”

WITN Television referenced Stoops’ work on Common Core public school standards. National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” recently picked up a WUNC story on North Carolina education issues that featured Stoops’ expert analysis. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted his research newsletter on public school class sizes.

NCPoliticalNews.com also highlighted Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ recent newsletter on constitutional concerns surrounding North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate. Sanders discussed targeted incentives for the Charlotte film industry with WSOC Television. National Review Online’s “Phi Beta Cons” blog promoted Sanders’ recent “Locker Room” blog entry on the University of North Carolina’s recent athletics-related academic scandal.

The Fayetteville Observer published Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo‘s column on Medicaid reform. Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Vice President for Research Roy Cordato about proposals to raise the federal government’s mandated minimum wage. Syndicated columnist Scott Mooneyham cited Cordato’s work on the benefits of tax reform.  ([T]he conservative John Locke Foundation produced a study saying that all classes of taxpayers would benefit. “It’s simply false to claim that recent tax changes in North Carolina are allowing the well-to-do to get their taxes reduced ‘on the backs’ of lower- and middle-income groups,” wrote Locke Foundation vice president Roy Cordato.)