From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 702: Education reformers have made great progress in North Carolina in recent years. They still have plenty of work to do to improve traditional public schools and to expand opportunities for parental school choice. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s director of research and education studies, outlines key education recommendations from the latest version of JLF’s Agenda document.
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