Jane Shaw, president of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, explains how a recent change in North Carolina’s public charter school law could lead to positive changes for teacher training. Shaw offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 537).
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