Right now in North Carolina, thousands of children attend school online as part of the state-run virtual school. But there could be more virtual schools coming, if letters of intent to open public charter virtual schools are any indication. John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies, Terry Stoops, discusses the potential expansion, what it means for parents, and why the education establishment is none too happy about it. Next we turn to health care issues. One of the toughest tests Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration faces involves the N.C. Department of Health Human Services. New DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos learned more about some of her department’s top challenges during her first meeting with a legislative committee that oversees health and human services issues. You’ll hear highlights from that meeting. Speaking of health care, N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger says he believes the General Assembly has little interest in either the state-run health insurance exchange or the proposed Medicaid expansion tied to the 2010 federal health care law. You’ll learn why. That’s followed by a look at economics and psychology. Any parent who’s ever used money, food, or another goodie to coax her child into behaving properly knows that incentives can work. But Ruth Grant, professor of political science and philosophy at Duke University, says incentives can have some unintended negative consequences. She describes them in the book “Strings Attached: Untangling the Ethics of Incentives.” And finally, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research, Roy Cordato, assesses the state of the climate change alarmism movement in light of recent headlines, as well as headline that didn’t receive much media attention.
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