Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education, shares his concerns about a proposal to expand summer school options in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here: “Lawmakers look to implement statewide summer school program for at-risk students.”
Locke’s Bob Luebke analyzes new N.C. summer school proposal
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