John Locke Updates: 2006

Big, beautiful, lavish, spacious schools are the key to ensuring the academic success of students. No, wait, that’s not right. Or is it?  Surely the combined wisdom of both…

If you subsidize it, they will come.  That’s the new fortune-cookie meme circulating between economic development commissions and local leaders. What’s behind this new crazy is a tax-happy philosophy that…

The underlying assumptions are that race discrimination is to blame for one and a contentious backer for the other.  According to some officials, mortgage lenders and brokers are discriminating against…

Responding to an article in the New Republic online that misrepresented his recent book, Free Choice for Workers: A History of the Right to Work Movement, George corrects the…

One of the eternal battles in the policy arena pits public schools against private, where the weapon of choice is data.  Accountability models, yearly progress goals, racial differentials, and socioeconomic…

Even though pre-season football’s just getting into motion, Stealer’s faithful Terry Stoops has already got his hard-hat on.  School construction, a headache that’s aggravating voter apathy, is on nearly everyone’s…

JLF is recruiting applicants for the 2007 class of E.A. Morris Fellows.  Applications, brochures and information on the program are available online at www.Eamorrisfellows.org and at the John Locke…

Chad Adams, who recently spoke to “Big Talker” about the Legislative short session, took control of the mic from Matt Mittan in Asheville.  For the latter half of this week,…

The news that a good deal of schools failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind law, has leaders scrambling…

A good leader is not only charged with inspiring those under him to work to their fullest potential, he’s also responsible for improving the system as a whole.  George Leef,…