JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION SHOULD TRY DOING SOMETHING USEFUL.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the Editor) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: September 22, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

AS A NATIVE TAR HEEL -- and proud of it - I feel I'm not alone in resenting the John Locke Foundation's continual running down of our state. It gave public schools a D-plus grade for the second year. That report raises a multitude of questions.

How does its educational "expert," Doug Haynes, know more about our schools than Phil Kirk, chairman of the state Board of Education? Has Haynes even driven through the 100 counties he graded? Hovering over his computer data, alwa...