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Follow-Up: Another NC Reading Assignment Questioned

Posted on May 4, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

At the end of last month, I wrote about a former Buncombe School Board member questioning a reading assignment given to their child for an Honors class.

That board member is Lisa Baldwin and her scenario regarding the book The Kite Runner is a shining example of why I have begun blogging about parental rights in education in North Carolina.

Baldwin’s objections to The Kite Runner saw some traction and press from the Asheville-Citizen Times, but as is typical in NC media, the outlet didn’t tell the whole story. The Asheville Citizens times left out key pieces, which Baldwin corrects on her blog in the article, What The Asheville Citizen-Times Didn’t Disclose…

KEEP READING — BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DIDN’T LAST TIME.
READING… ‘IT’S FUNDAMENTAL’… Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Dark Money On The Left Targets North Carolina

Posted on May 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a repost of my weekly Da Tech Guy Column: Dark Money On The Left Targets North Carolina Continue reading →

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Has Our Education System Become The Post Office?

Posted on May 1, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Over the last few years, I’ve taken note of a trend in our public education system. That trend mimics the federal government on a number of levels. These levels include, but are not limited to: Disintegrating transparency; not just at … Continue reading →

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NC NAACP Employs ‘Let No Crisis Go To Waste’ Strategy #BaltimoreRiots

Posted on April 30, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

You never let a serious crisis go to waste.

Oh FFS, NC NAACP…. with one hand they stir the pot and with the other fan the flames heating it. See the letter from Moral Monday’s leader below.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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North Carolina’s 2015 Summer Circus Schedule

Posted on April 29, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The Circus is coming back to towns all over North Carolina.

Yeah, I mean Moral Monday or MoMo for short.

The MoMo’s we nice enough to publish a partial schedule of their circus act, titled the ‘Summer of Moral Resistance Tour’. Continue reading →

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#KingDuncan Has Spoken! Threatens Peasants That The Government Will ‘Step In’

Posted on April 29, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In case you missed it, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has expanded on his colorful rhetoric aimed at the peasants a.k.a, parents.

No longer is the ‘white suburban mom’ the target of his umbrage. Now any parent opting their kids out of the Common Core tests is fair game.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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