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NC Big Media Still Silent on Suit To Remove Keever – #ncpol #ncdems

Posted on August 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported by this site, the larger media outlets in North Carolina have remained silent on the attempts by the African-American Caucus (AAC) of the NC Democratic Party to remove Patsy Keever as party chair.

Media continued to ignore it even after the group filed suit in Wake County.

The only outlet who has reported on this turn of events to date is the Tribune Papers. All four were penned by Roger McCredie. Continue reading →

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NC Longitudinal Database Committee Quietly Dissolved and Replaced

Posted on August 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A committee formed to bring oversight to the statewide longitudinal database system (SLDS) in North Carolina was recently dissolved.

An August 8th letter from the board’s chair, Keith Werner, called for the dissolution of the board, “per Session law 2016-94 ( Appropriations Act 2016)”. Werner is also the Chief Information Officer of the NC’s Information Technology division. Continue reading →

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Just How Much Money Did Shuttered NC Education Non-Profit Receive?

Posted on August 24, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly established the Education and Workforce Innovation Act (EWIA) under House Bill 902 with the purpose of fostering, ” innovation in education that will lead to more students graduating career and college ready.”.

EWIA was included in the 2013 Appropriations Act under section § 115C‑64.11.

EWIA’s mandates included providing millions in grant money to school districts after they completed a lengthy set of application requirements. This program was to be administered by NC New Schools.

How much money did NC New Schools receive and where did it go? Continue reading →

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ICYMI – The NBA are Big, Fat Hypocrites on #HB2

Posted on August 21, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The NBA pulled it’s All-Star game out of Charlotte, North Carolina over House Bill 2 (HB2). The NBA said it was discriminatory to hold their event at an arena where men couldn’t pee alongside women, so they moved it from … Continue reading →

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Durham School Board Member and Black Lives Matter Activist Resigns

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported by this site, the Durham county school board was considering changing their meeting attendance policies in order to accommodate members choosing to engage in activist events over board meetings.

One member in particular, Sendolo Diaminah, had missed 9 of the last 16 meetings. Sendolo was elected in 2014 and claimed at the time he was running because he wanted to ‘represent the community’.

Diaminah, who self describes as a “black, queer communist”, was apparently not representing the community as a member of the board, but instead was too busy traveling and being involved in Black Lives Matter protests.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Lt. Governor Forest Takes On NC Per Pupil Spending [Video]

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Various professional education protest groups (Aim Higher NC and their parent organization, Progress NC) have been up in arms for years about teacher pay and retention.

Now, these outfits are harping on per-pupil funding and supplies teachers buy out of their own pockets. Continue reading →

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