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Explaining the Common Core Review Committee – [Video] #StuffAtkinsonSays

Posted on October 26, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In August of 2014, NC Superintendent Atkinson appeared in a video ‘explaining’ the review to take place in NC on Common Core.  This is just one excerpt.

In the clip, Atkinson talks about ‘all the hard work’ teachers have put in creating resources and curriculum. Gee, why did they have to work so hard? She also makes the revelation about how Common Core is taught.

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#DM7 Article: Webb Out, Biden Out and What Difference Does It Make

Posted on October 25, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a repost of my weekly Da Tech Guy Column:

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N&O Editorial Board: Common Core Not To Blame – Teachers, Parents and Students Are.

Posted on October 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

News & Observer editorial board is just about as clueless on Common Core at the Wake County School board. Check out this pile of dung they call an op-ed.

Nothing is Common Core’s fault, ya’ll.

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Late Buses Still Plague Two Months Into The School Year – #WCPSS

Posted on October 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

From the start of the 2015-16 school year, busing problems have plagued Wake County Schools. Two months into the year, the issues with late buses and buses not running on their assigned schedules continues.

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Cumberland County Upset Their Supplement Isn’t As Big As Wake County’s

Posted on October 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Cumberland County Schools is upset that their teacher salary supplement isn’t as big as Wake County’s.

So, the narrative we’ve heard from various sources is that North Carolina doesn’t pay it’s teacher enough. The untold part of that narrative is that the teacher supplemental pay is set by the individual districts.

Ok, so the teachers in Cumberland have a smaller supplement. The county sets that, so why not raise it? They have no problem paying their Superintendent generously, after all.

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October NC Common Core Commission Meeting Highlights – #ASRC

Posted on October 23, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

On Monday, October 19th, the NC Common Core Commission (or ASRC) had their monthly meeting.

I’d like to thank Kim Fink of Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association for taking some minutes during the meeting. Those minutes can be viewed in my ASRC Repository.

I live tweeted the first half of the meeting. View my Storify article to see the timeline.

Highlights:

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