Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, discusses N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposal for raising public school teacher pay in 2016-17. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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