Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, explains how the outcome of the N.C. Supreme Court chief justice’s election could affect electoral redistricting and school choice. Kokai offered these comments for Nov. 13, 2020, reports on WNCN (CBS 17).
Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins. With a few exceptions, races — statewide and national — stayed excruciatingly close days after election night. Just as polls predicted. All teetering within the margins of error, albeit with at least…
Dr. Wilfred McClay, G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma, is author of “Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.” McClay discusses the book for the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke” podcast.
Amy Coney Barrett has joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its 115th justice. She has said her judicial philosophy mirrors that of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and supporters characterize her as an originalist. Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director legal studies, analyzes Barrett’s record. He discusses the new justice’s…
The races for president, governor, and U.S. Senate have been dominating N.C. headlines. But voters are making other important decisions in the next week. Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, assesses recent developments in races for offices such as lieutenant governor, superintendent of public instruction, state treasurer, and labor commissioner. North…
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on school enrollment in North Carolina. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Debate about the COVID-19 pandemic has featured plenty of data involving case numbers, deaths, and hospitalizations. Dig into the details, and you learn that the numbers might not be as useful as they first appear. They might even portray a misleading picture. Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory…
On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year. The data represent the first of 10 student enrollment reports published by our state education agency throughout the school year. Compared to the same period last year,…
Let’s try something new. New for me anyway. A different path, if you will. Follow me and I’ll lead you, all the while trying to avoid the spooky, dilapidated house at the end of what used to be a road. The house is filled with sadness,…
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses learning loss associated with the absence of in-person public school instruction. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
