Michele Morrow, the former Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina, has launched a new national nonprofit with the goal of “transforming” education and opposing woke ideology in the classroom.
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.”
The head of the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education found himself in “Twitter jail” Wednesday. Terry Stoops faced that penalty after exposing discussion topics at a national teachers’ union’s annual meeting. Thousands of teachers and activists are wrapping up a week of meetings in Chicago for the National Education Association annual meeting. While...
North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools. Seven N.C. parents filed a lawsuit Monday, July 27, in Wake County Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of the Opportunity Scholarship program. The N.C. Association of Educators and the National Education Association support the parents. ...
If we are ever to make the best use of resources devoted to education, we need to find a better, less accusatory way to talk about school spending.
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 734: The nation’s largest teachers union recently ranked North Carolina No. 43 in average per-student spending among the 50 states. Dr. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s vice president for research, explains why the National Education Association’s numbers are not necessarily accurate, appropriate, or meaningful.
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, discusses research about the level of per-student education spending necessary to meet student achievement goals. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
