Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses N.C. House Democrats’ school funding plan. Stoops offered these comments during the May 24, 2021, edition of Spectrum News 1’a “Capital Tonight.”
Locke’s Terry Stoops addresses N.C. Democrats’ school funding wish list
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