News
NC ranks 4th for the most homeschooled students
More than 10% of the state's students are homeschooled.
Video
Thanksgiving costs, crowded primaries, and education achievements
This week on “The Debrief”: *The cost of your Thanksgiving meal should be lower this year than last, but it’s still much higher than in the recent past. *Candidate filing starts Dec. 4, but we already have some crowded primaries for the 2024 elections in North Carolina. *Now that the General Assembly has finished its...
Video
Locke’s Terry Stoops discusses Twitter and his exposure of national teachers union agenda
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses Twitter’s decision to punish him after he exposed elements of the National Education Association’s agenda. Stoops offered these comments during a July 7, 2022, appearance on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
Opinion
Subject mastery produces best teaching
Paying teachers to get degrees produced a steady stream of revenue to education schools, even as it produced no detectable improvement in student learning.
Podcast
Corruption Allegations Engulf Patrick Cannon
Rick Henderson on Patrick Cannon corruption charges; legislators discuss targeted tax incentives; Timothy Barnsback & Jerry Tillman on performance pay for teachers; Shawn LeMond on competition in delivery of electricity; Jon Sanders on film incentives
Podcast
Governor Stirs Reaction With Comment On Renewables
Roy Cordato on McCrory and renewables; Dale Folwell on unemployment insurance program; Terry Stoops on Friedman's voucher proposals; Rich Clifford on how Parkinson's affected his Space Shuttle mission; Jane Shaw on charter certification requirement
Podcast
Common Core English Tests Ignore Grammar, Spelling
Terry Stoops on problems with Common Core English test & remediation required of high school graduates; Grover Norquist on N.C. tax reform push; Felix Livingston on honorable entrepreneurship; JLF's Katherine Restrepo on consumer-driven Medicaid reform
Podcast
Outsourcing: Fact Versus Political Talking Point
Roy Cordato on myths about outsourcing; the case for & against new election maps; John Turcotte on upcoming work of the Program Evaluation Division; Douglas Irwin & Lawrence White debate causes of Great Depression; George Leef on value of a college degree.
Podcast
An Investment Plan for North Carolina’s Recovery
John Hood on restoring N.C.'s economy; legislators debate forced annexation reform; Hugh Blackwell & Paul Luebke on AP placement courses; Scott Silliman on drone warfare; Terry Stoops on opportunity scholarships
