• John Locke Update

    Improving School Accountability In North Carolina

    posted October 18, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    In their recent Behavioral Science & Policy article, “Reimagining Accountability in K–12 Education,” researchers Brian Gill, Jennifer Lerner, and Paul Meosky argue that “the time is ripe for policymakers to…
  • John Locke Update

    One-Third Of Recent High School Graduates Need Remediation

    posted October 17, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    Last year, 34 percent of 2015 high school graduates enrolled in one or more developmental math and/or English courses at a North Carolina community college.  This is a sharp decrease…
  • John Locke Update

    African-American Boys Need Educational Options

    posted September 12, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    It seems that politicians and the media can’t stop talking about teacher pay. The claim that the average teacher salary will reach $50,000 this year has been the subject of…
  • John Locke Update

    Enrollment Changes Have Consequences

    posted August 11, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    Earlier this week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction published the final 2015-16 student counts for all district and charter schools.  I used Average Daily Membership (ADM) data to…
  • John Locke Update

    Debates About Funding Miss The Point

    posted July 28, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    The mainstream media and pundits on both sides of the aisle focus an extraordinary amount of time and energy examining public school funding. It is not surprising that they do.
  • John Locke Update

    June Atkinson and the future of public education

    posted February 16, 2016 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    View in your browser. Welcome In an article published by EdNC, Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson laid out her vision of where public education…

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