Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of education studies, analyzes North Carolina educators’ possible response to Obama administration proposals for improving university instruction of classroom teachers. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 439).
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