School board races are heating up across North Carolina. In Wake County, four of nine seats are up for grabs and, as this News & Observer story lays out, the results will either cement the status quo or usher in change.
So how does a citizen find out where a candidate stands on key issues of education governance? The John Locke Foundation has created an excellent checklist of questions. The goal is give North Carolinians an easy way to determine candidates’ policy views and philosophy. Education policy analyst Terry Stoops discusses the checklist in this interview.