Category Archives: Authors

What Common Core Has Going For It

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

A reader inspired this latest meme I’ve created to add to my collection. Continue reading →

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Lt. Governor Forest Talks Common Core With Pete Kaliner

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

In case you missed it yesterday, North Carolina’s Lt. Governor Dan Forest was on the Pete Kaliner show (WWNC 570) discussing Common Core. You can access the audio file on Kaliner’s Sound Cloud.

Topics included the NC Common Core Commission, the funding for the commission being held up by being tied up by the legislature, recommendations given to the Commission and more.

I’d like to thank Pete for mentioning this blog during their discussions about the NC Common Core Commission and the recommendations given by Former Common Core Validation Committee members, Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram.

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Raptor Technologies

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

Welcome back to another installment of Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson defending their spying on student via social media and use of a subcontractor to do so. Today we look at the Pearson relationship with ‘Raptor Technologies’. Continue reading →

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#NCGA Bill Would Make Charter Boards, Employees ‘Personally Liable’

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

School choice advocates, are you paying attention?

House Bill 96, presented by Rep. Larry Hall, represents a clear attack on choice and charter schools in North Carolina.

HB 96 would make “a charter board member or employee who has authority to “maintain or expend funds” be personally and individually liable for all the debts of the charter school.”

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Defending Spying On Students Edition

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

Welcome back to another installment of Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson spying on students via social media to ‘protect’ the Common Core PARCC tests.

Today, we have an update on that story. According to the Denver Post, Pearson is defending it’s monitoring of students, but promising to ‘let the states do it’ from now on. Continue reading →

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The Speed Of Transparency In NC Records Requests

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

The speed of return on public records requests to various agencies was tested by WRAL. One of the agencies was NC’s Department of Public Instruction….

I have multiple requests to NC DPI that are outstanding, one of which is over 6 months old.

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