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PAC Handing Out Political Signs In Iredell-Statesville Schools?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The PAC known as Our Schools First, has a Facebook post stating that Bond voting signs will be available at schools in the area. The signs say, “Vote YES! for Our School Bond and the post says ‘each school will have a supply of signs’.

From Facebook:

Our Schools First

We have “VOTE YES” signs ready for your yard and business! Each school will have a supply of signs, so contact your PTO to get one. You can also pick one up at Sawyer Insurance (417 East Plaza Dr., Mooresville) between the hours of 9-1 and 2-5:30, Monday through Friday. Thanks for supporting our kids by putting OUR SCHOOLS FIRST!

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Handing out political material in schools and by defacto using them as staging platforms again? I’m getting seriously sick of writing these kinds of articles.

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NC Governor’s Common Core Commission Pick: Ralph Andre Peek

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

Yesterday, Governor McCrory finally made his Common Core commission pick, Ralph Andre Peek. The pick came 16 days beyond the date for the first meeting as laid out by the bill McCrory signed into law.
Strike one.

The first meeting is slated to take place this coming Monday, at the Department of Public Instruction.

The inaugural meeting will be held on Monday, September 22from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the State Construction Office conference room, fourth floor of the Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC.

The bill McCrory signed into law for this commission prohibits this. “Section 2.(a) – The commission shall be located administratively in the Department of Administration…”.
Strike two.

McCrory’s pick appears to be pretty much Pro-Common Core.
Ralph Andre Peek is businessman from the upper echelon of IBM who is tied to Pro-Core Teach for America, The NC Chamber’s Pro-Core ‘Hire Standards’, and the Pro-Core North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE).

Mr. Peek is listed an ‘unaffiliated” in political party registration. What is it with this Governor’s habit of not appointing folks from his own party? I can see 2016 now: Pat McCrory (U-NC).

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NC Governor Finally Makes Academic Review Board Pick – #StopCommonCore

Posted on September 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Well, weeks after the first meeting was supposed to have taken place per SB 812, Governor McCrory has finally made his pick. I’ll have a full run-down tomorrow morning on this, but in the meantime here’s the press release: Continue reading →

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#CommonCore: You Know You’re Winning When Opposition Asks How You’re Doing It

Posted on September 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Apparently, I’m an influential Common Core tweeter. See below.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jon Supovitz
Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:53 PM
Subject: Request for Interview about #commoncore on twitter
To: TheLL1885@gmail.com

Hi LL,

I am an education researcher who is studying the politics of the common core on twitter and see you are a very influential tweeter on the topic!

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Six One Seven Scrubs All Accounts Of ‘Grandpa’ Common Core Video

Posted on September 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

“This video is no longer available because the uploader has closed their YouTube account.”

Well, that was fast.

Missouri Education Watchdog reported that the ‘media’ group, Six One Seven, scrubbed all of their social media accounts and their website of their Common Core video which portrayed an elderly vet in a disgustingly demeaning manner in a vain attempt to boost the image of the standards.

TOO LATE. “Pop-Pop” is immortalized now. Screenshots are forever.

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#NCSPIN On Test Scores And ‘Lowering The Bar’ (Video)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Episode #828 of NCSPIN covered the recent release of test scores in North Carolina. The host, Tom Campbell, opens up this portion of the show with a statement of ‘at first glance it looks like our schools made great gains’. The raised passing rate is quoted and then it’s mentioned that the scoring system was changed which made it easier to pass the tests and making it nearly impossible to compare this year to any past year’s scores.

Related: NC EOC’s Show Less Than 1% Improvement

My commentary on this clip is below the video. Continue reading →

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