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NC Public School Forum ‘Eggs and Issues’ – Pushing Common Core

Posted on March 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Last month the NC Public School Forum hosted an event called ‘Eggs and Issues’, which covered education topics.

NC SPIN did a special taping of the event.

Common Core conversation started around the 22:30 mark…. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Common Core, EDUCATION | Tagged Keith Poston, NC Public School Forum, NCSpin | 1 Comment

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 03-08-15

Posted on March 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for March 8, 2015.

This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina.

Articles are organized by category.

Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 02-22-15

* Last weekend, the CC weekend reads were not available. This edition will be longer than usual to include some news that should have been included on 3-1-15. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Academic Standards Review Commission, Common Core, Testing | Tagged Weekend Reads | 1 Comment

Wake Commissioner Representing The Citizens By Blocking Them?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

One new Wake County Commissioner appears to have a temper. The other claimed she would represent and work with all Wake citizens.

How quickly those claims fell flat:

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), POLITICS NC, Twitter | Tagged Jessica Holmes, More With Four, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Wake County Commissioners, WBOC | Comments Off

Poll: Strong Support For NC Opportunity Scholarships

Posted on March 6, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

A recent poll by Civitas shows very strong public support for the Opportunity Scholarship program, of which legal arguments about the program are being heard at the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Civitas reported that overall approval for the program stood at 68% with a high percentage of minorities (80%) supporting it.

KEEP READING — THE POLL ALSO COVERED COMMON CORE Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Common Core, EDUCATION, Opportunity Scholarships (OSP) | Tagged CIvitas, Common Core, Opportunity Scholarships | 3 Comments

Disclosure For Thee, But Not For Me

Posted on March 6, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Blueprint NC partner, Progress NC, has been engaged in an ethics complaint against Governor Pat McCrory for some time now. Most recently, Progress NC has continued piling on by making video mash-ups to target the Governor.

The group, led by Gerrick Brenner, has focused only the Governor and seems to be paying little attention to the legal counsel responsible for actually reviewing and filing the economic interest documents. I asked Progress NC on Twitter about this, however, they have not yet replied:

KEEP READING … Continue reading →

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