John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume CLXIV

Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation ( More Entries )

Publisher's note: We want our readers to 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.

JLF’s Terry Stoops assesses Gov. McCrory’s 2016-17 teacher pay plan

Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, discusses N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposal for raising public school teacher pay in 2016-17. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

Reason’s Lisa Snell explains student-based budgeting

Lisa Snell, education director for the Reason Foundation, explains the concept of student-based budgeting in education. Snell offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.

‘Going Red’ author Ed Morrissey explains why Wake, six other U.S. counties could determine 2016 election

    In a nation of 300 million people, the roughly 2 million people in seven key counties within battleground states could determine the outcome of this November's presidential election. One of those key locations is North Carolina's Wake County.

    That's the assessment of Ed Morrissey, author of the new book Going Red. Morrissey shared details from his book during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society. In the video clip above, Morrissey discusses the need for conservatives and Republicans to change the way they campaign for votes in places like Wake that have seen dramatic demographic shifts in recent years.

    Click here to access video of the entire presentation.

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