Terry Stoops, Author at The Locker Room

Terry Stoops is the Vice President for Research and Director of Education Studies at the John Locke Foundation.

Before joining the Locke Foundation, he worked as the program assistant for the Child Welfare Education Programs at the University of Pittsburgh. After crossing the Mason-Dixon Line, he taught English at Spotsylvania High School and served as an adjunct instructor in professional communication at the University of Mary Washington. He was a research assistant in the Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia.

Stoops earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Clarion University and a master’s degree in Administrative and Policy Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Education. He received a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia, Curry School of Education.

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Biden administration tells states that it will not grant testing waivers this year

Chalkbeat has the story, The Biden administration said Monday that states must administer federally required standardized tests this year, but schools won’t be held accountable for the results — and states could give shorter, remote, or delayed versions of the exams. The decision means that schools…

Terry Stoops, February 23, 2021
NC district adopts “nobody fails” grading policy

WNCN reports, Teachers working in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools warn a new grading policy will harm high school students despite district leaders saying it will help them. As part of the new policy, three high school teachers tell WCNC Charlotte they can no longer give a student any grade below a…

Terry Stoops, February 23, 2021
SNCAE conference to feature session on teaching social justice

The annual spring conference of the Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) will feature a session on teaching social justice, presumably because colleges and universities aren’t doing enough to transform teachers into social justice warriors.

Terry Stoops, February 10, 2021
Fordham Institute: An increase in charter schools is associated with an increase in district resources

In his new report, “Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances,” Rutgers University professor Mark Weber finds that the presence of charter schools does not drain resources from their host districts. Instead, district resources tend to increase significantly. Weber concluded: In most states, an increase in the percentage…

Terry Stoops, February 10, 2021
NC DHHS officials agree with CDC Director Walensky: Vaccination not a prerequisite to reopening schools

Chief Deputy Secretary Susan Gale Perry and State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson delivered a presentation to the State Board of Education this morning. They emphasized that schools are safe for reopening so long as preventive measures are in place. The NC Association of…

Terry Stoops, February 4, 2021
WRAL opinion page editor Seth Effron offers absurd defense of revolting cartoon

I don’t buy Effron’s explanation that the “editorial cartoon by Dennis Draughon is meant to point out that these members of the State Board are trying to wipe out from the social studies curriculum the record of racism which includes the Klan and the segregationist practices that were…

Terry Stoops, February 4, 2021
NC State Board of Education condemns appalling WRAL cartoon

State Superintendent Catherine Truitt posted the following on her Facebook page yesterday:…

Terry Stoops, February 4, 2021
With school reopening announcement, teachers begin to turn on Gov. Cooper

Terry Stoops, February 2, 2021

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Terry Stoops

Director of the Center for Effective Education | John Locke Foundation

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