Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses the importance of returning public school students to in-person instruction. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Terry Stoops discusses the urgency of reopening schools
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