Author Archives: A.P. Dillon

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

“Diversity Inventory” worksheet given to Heritage High students yanked after parents push back

Posted on August 29, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

A “Diversity Inventory” worksheet asking highly personal questions about religion and sexuality has been yanked after outraged parents posted images of the sheet online. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, EXCLUSIVE, Parental Rights, Social Justice, Wake County School Board | Tagged Office of Equity Affairs, Teaching Tolerance, WCPSS | 6 Comments

Wilkes County Athletic Trainer indicted by Federal Grand Jury on porn and cyberstalking charges

Posted on August 28, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

A former Wilkes County athletic trainer who was arrested earlier this year for sexual exploitation of a minor has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury according to a statement released by Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the Western District of North Carolina. Continue reading →

Posted in CRIME, EDUCATION, Quiet Epidemic | Tagged Frank Darrell Cromwell, Quiet Epidemic, Wilkes County Public Schools | 1 Comment

#NCED Updates: Cooper Vetoes Read To Achieve revamp, useless background checks and Ed Headlines

Posted on August 26, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This installment of NCED Updates covers Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of Sen. Phil Berger’s bill that revamps Read to Achieve, useless background checks on teachers and headlines from across the state and the nation. Continue reading →

Posted in Big Ed Complex, EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC Board Of Education, NC Ed Updates | Tagged Read to Achieve, Roy Cooper | 2 Comments

#WCPSS Updates: ‘From the top’, a local event and the reassignment plan heats up

Posted on August 25, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This edition of Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) updates includes a message ‘from the top’ through the Office of Equity Affairs, a local event that parents will want to sign up for and the WCPSS Board’s “socioeconomic” reassignment plan heats up. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, Wake County School Board | Tagged WCPSS | 1 Comment

#NCED Updates: School Choice punches back, War on parents and various headlines

Posted on August 20, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This edition of #NCED Updates highlights school choice advocates punching back against a racist attack on charters, the war on parents, two choice studies and a number of headlines worth checking out. Continue reading →

Posted in EDUCATION, NC Ed Updates | Comments Off