Terry Stoops

John Locke Foundation, Director of Research and Education Studies

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

Before joining the Locke Foundation in 2005, he worked as the program assistant for the Child Welfare Education Programs at the University of Pittsburgh.  He taught English Language Arts at Spotsylvania High School in Spotsylvania, Virginia 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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