Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses a new N.C. State University study that touts benefits of N.C. private school vouchers for low-income students. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Terry Stoops analyzes N.C. State study touting school vouchers
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