Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, discusses parents and grandparents in North Carolina who support the Opportunity Scholarship Program. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Terry Stoops discusses N.C. parents’ embrace of Opportunity Scholarships
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