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Stokes County: Biggest Teacher Turnover Reason Was Local Supplement

Posted on November 17, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Teacher pay is not just set by the state. Each county controls the supplemental pay rate teachers receive on top of that state rate.

The fights over teacher pay this past year has been to harp on the state rate. No one in the media really even mentioned the supplemental pay. That supplemental pay didn’t fit into the ‘assault on education’ narrative.

They’ve broken ranks in Stokes county:

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NC Taxpayer Group Pushing Back On APUSH Changes

Posted on November 15, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

APUSH Advanced Placement U.S. History has a new controversial and arguably Anti-American framework.  You can thank Common Core Architect and College Board President, David Coleman. This new framework has serious conflicts with history curriculum in the states. North Carolina is no … Continue reading →

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CCSSO President Elect Compares Common Core To Clothing

Posted on November 15, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

CCSSO President Elect and NC Superintendent doth protest too much.

It seems she believes that our kids education should be personalized standardized .
Just like clothes. Wait, what??

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The Left In NC Intentionally Misleading On Early Voting

Posted on November 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Progress NC spin masters are so funny. Desperately clinging to their ‘voter suppression’ meme.

@ProgressNow_NC 2/2 …compared to 21 percent in 2010.” http://t.co/Tq1JKpDB0P Your EV complaints are bogus. #ncpol #ncsen

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 10, 2014

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Dear Republicans: Do your job. KILL COMMON CORE.

Posted on November 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Dear Republicans recently elected and those who were re-elected,

Do your job. Kill Common Core.

You effectively own this fundamentally flawed experimental and deceitful mess, now you need to clean it up.

Wake. UP.

Republican Governors, who are part of the National Governors Association and are part owners of the copyrighted Common Core, I’m talking to YOU. Common Core lost at the ballot box last week. To borrow from Engvall, ‘THERE’S YOUR SIGN!’

To our representatives and senators in Congress – stop all the hemming and hawing.

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Brunswick Superintendent Terminated

Posted on November 13, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Brunswick County School Superintendent Edward Pruden has been terminated by the Brunswick school board in a 3-2 vote in a closed-door session this week.

The reason has not been given to the public and apparently not given to Pruden either.

See part of the report from WECT:

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