Category Archives: A.P. Dillon (LL1885)

David vs Goliath In #NCed

The Big Ed Complex of ‘education non-profits’ backed by left leaning groups and the NC Chamber of Commerce have been pushing Common Core in North Carolina.

Meet the grassroots group who has developed a plan to revamp the standards in the state…

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#SB534: Study Student Online Data Privacy

On March 26th, Senator Chad Barefoot filed SB 535 (Study Student Online Data Privacy).
The bill would form a study committee to inspect and investigate issues around the protection of multiple aspects of student data being collected in North Carolina, including what third parties have access, disclosure and protection process and Cloud based data.

In 2014, Senator Barefoot authored a student data privacy bill (SB 815) which was signed into law. Given the invasive nature and data collection inherent in HB 13 and the data collection machine in use by NC DPI currently, this study of student data is very timely.
The filed text is brief:

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#DM7 Article: What does your higher education dollar buy these days?

This is a reposting of my weekly Da Tech Guy Column: What does your higher education dollar buy these days? Continue reading

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#NCGA Bill Would Change Legislator Terms, Elections

A bill filed on March 11th would alter the length of a term for legislators and includes language to change upcoming elections.

SB 271 (Four-Year Term for GA/Limit Consecutive Terms) opening language reads:

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GUEST POST: Phoolish Pharma Phunded Phaux Health Crisis Leads to Phascism

From the LL1885 Mailbag…

A reader wished to submit the following column regarding Sen. Tarte’s controversial vaccination bill (SB346) as a guest post and as an open letter to North Carolina parents.

Phoolish Pharma Phunded Phaux Health Crisis Leads to Phascism

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Who Writes These Tests, Anyhow?

Welcome Back to another installment of Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time, we talked about the The ‘Turn Around’ Schools Program. Today, we’re taking a look at job opportunities at Pearson. In particular, test writers. Continue reading

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