Category Archives: A.P. Dillon (LL1885)

#DM7 Article: Virginia Homeschooling and Religious Affiliation

Posted on January 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my weekly column at Da Tech Guy: Virginia Homeschooling and Religious Affiliation By A.P. Dillon Last week, I highlighted an article that appeared in the NY Times that called into question the fundamental right to homeschool. The NY … Continue reading →

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 1-18-15

Posted on January 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for January 18th, 2015. This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina. Articles are organized by category. Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 1-11-15   NC … Continue reading →

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Sen. Barefoot Receives Key Education Related Appointments

Posted on January 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Senator Barefoot has received some top education appointments for the upcoming session, Chairman of the Senate Education Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the newly created Workforce and Economic Development Committee.

Sen. Barefoot served on the Common Core LRC committee in 2013 and authored SB 815, Ensuring Privacy of Student Records, which was signed into law in 2013.

Press release below.

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1-16-15 NC Common Core Commission Meeting

Posted on January 17, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, the NC Common Core Commission, known as the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), met. The meeting location was changed. The meeting was held in the State Board of Education board room at the Department of Public Instruction so the meeting could finally be live streamed. Apparently, the Department of Administration was unable to live stream.

I was at the meeting and tweeted throughout the meeting. You can see my tweet timeline in the Storify article, NC Common Core #ASRC Meeting – 1/16/15.

Meeting Highlights

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School Choice Week: AFP Hosting Viewings of ‘Waiting For Superman’

Posted on January 16, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

School Choice week is coming!

Americans For Prosperity (AFP) will be holding screenings of the film ‘Waiting for Superman’ in Cary and Garner on back to back evenings in January.

I’ve seen the film and highly recommend it. Watch one of the trailers here.
Here are the details and locations:

Monday, January 26, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Garner Performing Arts Center
Garner, NC
MORE INFO

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Cary Arts Center
Cary, NC
MORE INFO
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Convention of States Tour – 2015 NC Schedule

Posted on January 16, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The Convention of States (CoS) tour schedule for North Carolina is now available. For those unfamiliar with CoS, you can read my previous article on it. Michael Westrich of CoS summarized what CoS is about quite nicely:
“Citizens for Self-Governance (CSG) recently launched the Convention of States (COS) Project with the expressed purpose of urging and empowering state legislators to call a Convention of States. Under the COS Project plan, this convention would be called “for the purpose of limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.” Only amendments that fall under this category would be germane and up for debate.“

Downloadable CoS 2015 NC schedule

These scheduled stops are free and open to the public:

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