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About A.P. Dillon

A.P. Dillon is a reporter currently writing at The North State Journal. She resides in the Triangle area of North Carolina. Find her on Twitter: @APDillon_ Tips: APDillon@Protonmail.com

No, Secretary DeVos, Common Core is not “dead.”

I’ve received a barrage of emails, Facebook messages, and calls about Education Secretary DeVos’ recent speech where she made a claim that Common Core was “dead.” It is not dead. Nor will it be until the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is dead.  Continue reading

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Governor Who Vetoed State Budget ‘Disappointed’ in #SchumerShutdown

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was ‘disappointed’ in Congress for not meeting the “very basic obligation of funding the government.” Continue reading

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NC Middle School Teacher Sentenced to 8 Months for Soliciting Sex from Student

A former North Carolina middle school teacher-in-training has been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from a male student Continue reading

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Warrant Issued for Cabarrus Charter Upper School Teacher

According to Cabarrus police, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Cabarrus Charter Upper School teacher. 

Authorities are looking for Helena Hunter, who is a special education reading teacher in connection with footage of the teacher kicking a special needs student on December 4, 2017. Continue reading

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SPLC has become what they started out fighting against.

SPLC has become what they started out fighting against. They have become a hate group. But they are a well-funded hate group.

The ‘non-profit’ has raked in millions, paid their executives huge salaries and in recent years has been shuffling their money to offshore bank accounts.  That’s not sketchy at all. 

Via Reason, John Stossel calls the SPLC what it has become – a scam. Continue reading

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Here We Go Again On Confederate Monuments

Most of us had forgotten that Governor Ray had requested the removal of three monuments.  These statues have stood on the Capitol grounds in Raleigh for a combined 330 years. Continue reading

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