John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume XXXVII | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: We want our read understand that there is wise policy afoot here in North Carolina, and to that end, we offer these excellent videos from our associates, in prudent policy research, at the John Locke Foundation.

    We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.


Author Virginia Postrel discusses glamour's impact on public policy



Virginia Postrel, author of The Power of Glamour, discusses glamour's impact on public policy. Postrel offered these comments during an interview Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 562).


JLF's Terry Stoops recommends new N.C. commissions to study Common Core



Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, explains why he's recommending two new permanent commissions to study changing or replacing Common Core public school standards in North Carolina. Stoops' comments are tied to the report Common Core State Standards: The way forward.


JLF's Terry Stoops explains why N.C. can't fix Common Core by changing the name



Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, explains why North Carolina leaders cannot fix problems associated with Common Core public school standards simply by changing the Common Core name. Stoops offered these comments during an interview Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 561).

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