Category Archives: A.P. Dillon (LL1885)

Former NC Board of Ed Chair Not Really Keen On 10 Pt Grading Scale

Posted on January 22, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Former NC State Board of Education Chairman, Howard Lee, was asked about the new 10 pt grading system North Carolina is adopting. Lee doesn’t see a “downside to it” but would prefer the grading scale “the way it was”.

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Chapel Hill EWA Seminar On Common Core (Pt II)

Posted on January 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, I did a short write-up of one of the videos taken at the EWA Seminar in Chapel Hill on January 12th. Today is party two, “The Southern Context Of Common Core”.

“The Southern Context of Common Core“
20 minutes, 17 seconds
Participants: Jill Stancill and Ferrell Guillory

Description: “Education Writers Association conference panel on the Southern context of Common Core. News & Observer Education Reporter Jane Stancill interviews Ferrel Guillory, member EducationNC Board of Directors and professor of the practice at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.”

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Silencing Edition

Posted on January 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson’s involvement with the GED: 2014 GED Results Show 90% Drop In Passage Rate

Today, we’re looking at how Pearson silences opposing viewpoints.

A reader sent me this tweet:

How testing giant Pearson buys/bullies its way to teacher silence on standardized testing. http://t.co/cO00WM5950 @LadyLiberty1885

— Michelle V. Douglas (@MichelleDouglas) January 20, 2015

This article is a long read, but well worth it. In a nutshell, Pearson went behind the scenes to dismantle and discredit a critic. From the article, “Pearson’s real counterattack took place largely out of public view.”

Excerpt:

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NC NAACP Gives Award To Fast Food Strike Arrestee

Posted on January 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The NC NAACP is giving the Charles A. McLean award those who protested fast food restaurants. The woman who will accept the award, Crystal Price, was arrested at Moral Monday last May for sitting in Speaker Tillis’s office and refusing to leave … Continue reading →

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NC Atty General Busy Texting During MLK Service

Posted on January 19, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In case you missed it, North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper, was showing his respect for Martin Luther King Day by texting during a service held today.

NC AG Roy Cooper shows his respect at MLK Day service by texting. #ncpol #ncgov pic.twitter.com/YKGgRp7QsH

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Chamber Watch: Out – Bashing Parents, In – Bashing Experts

Posted on January 19, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Chamber Watch: Keeping an eye on the Chambers of Commerce Core

Today’s Article: Common Core Critic Flunks Core Test

-ARTICLE TEXT EXCERPT –
Mr. Peterson doth spew ideological blather too much.

Did you get that? The American Principles Project is “ultra-right’wing”.
This characterization is meant to silence the debate before it begins by injecting political bias claims.

Bottom line, the new narrative is to continue politicizing the standards and undermine experts who speak out against Common Core. Shorter: smear the messenger.

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