Category Archives: A.P. Dillon (LL1885)

See the Education Bills That Made It Through #NCGA Crossover Date

Posted on May 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Approximately 46 education related bills made it through crossover. This list has all the bills proposed, but the ones in bold are the ones that made it through. Continue reading →

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ZOMG! #SB480 Is Eeeeevil!

Posted on May 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve written many times before about the rising levels of politicking going on in our public schools. I’ve witnessed it first-hand when my son brought home a protest flier in his homework folder.

SB 480 seeks to end such politicking in our schools and bring education officials and teachers into alignment with the laws other state employees already have to follow.

The imagined example of SB 480 in action is in a blog post ‘Women Advance’ written by Melissa Geil; It is pure fiction with the intent of stirring up hysteria.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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NC Academic Standards Review Commission – May Meeting Details

Posted on May 6, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The May meeting of the NC Common Core Commission (officially known as the Academic Standards Review Commission or ASRC) have been published by the Dept. of Administration.

Details below. Continue reading →

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Where Does The ‘Moral’ Money Come From?

Posted on May 5, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

I keep asking this, because no one in the NC media does.
Who is funding these events? Who is paying the tens of thousands in bail money? Continue reading →

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Follow-Up: Another NC Reading Assignment Questioned

Posted on May 4, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

At the end of last month, I wrote about a former Buncombe School Board member questioning a reading assignment given to their child for an Honors class.

That board member is Lisa Baldwin and her scenario regarding the book The Kite Runner is a shining example of why I have begun blogging about parental rights in education in North Carolina.

Baldwin’s objections to The Kite Runner saw some traction and press from the Asheville-Citizen Times, but as is typical in NC media, the outlet didn’t tell the whole story. The Asheville Citizens times left out key pieces, which Baldwin corrects on her blog in the article, What The Asheville Citizen-Times Didn’t Disclose…

KEEP READING — BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DIDN’T LAST TIME.
READING… ‘IT’S FUNDAMENTAL’… Continue reading →