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#NCGA Revising ‘School Health Assessments’

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

Yesterday, HB 13 passed a second reading as tweeted out by Policy Watch’s Lindsay Wagner:

@LindsayWagnerNC “Parent’s shall provide proof…” This bill’s language gives me pause. http://t.co/JqpD9SRM01 #ncga

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) March 18, 2015

The primary sponsor is Rep. Jim Torbett of Gaston County. Other sponsors include Jones, Pittman and Whitmire. View the HB 13 Bill History.

This bill’s language is worrisome.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Guest Post: A Rebuttal To Dr. Atkinson’s ‘State of Education’

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

Earlier this week, NC Superintendent and CCSSO President, Dr. June Atkinson gave a ‘State of Education’ set of remarks to Education PR Firm, EducationNC.

A citizen contacted me about this ‘statement’ and prepared one of their own. Read their rebuttal to Dr. Atkinson here. Continue reading →

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All Around The Education Bush, The Monkey Chased The Weasel

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

This morning, I saw a tweet from BEST NC promoting an article at their PR Firm, EducationNC:

The first of @GraigMeyer’s 3-part series on education reform in #NorthCarolina is on @EdNC. Click here to read it: http://t.co/EgUJJVzFrk

— BEST NC (@BESTNCorg) March 18, 2015

SAS backed outfits promoting a series by a Rep. introducing a bill based on their work. Cozy. #nced pic.twitter.com/aYud2h6XRY

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) March 18, 2015

Oh good three whole articles. This first one is titled, The ongoing search for real common ground in education. I can summarize it for you:

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#DM7 Article: Are You Ready For Hillary’s Emails?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my weekly Da Tech Guy column: Are You Ready For Hillary’s Emails? Continue reading →

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Spying and Student Data Privacy Edition

Posted on March 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson being selected to create the PISA 2018 tests.
Today, we’ll be checking out how Pearson is spying on students using social media and Pearson’s claims about student data privacy in Colorado. Continue reading →

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NC Chamber Letter Passed To ASRC By Professional Lobbyist

Posted on March 14, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In case you missed it this week, The NC Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Co-Chairs of the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission pushing for a Florida-like rebrand.

Co-Chair Tammy Covil replied, which prompted the NC Chamber’s Gary Salamido to play the game of trying to get the last word in by sending another letter. The second letter was a case study in condescending tunnel-vision.

Well, I took a look at the FOIA for the first letter again. It was not sent directly by Gary Salamido, but instead by a professional lobbyist name Andrew Meehan.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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