Category Archives: Big Ed Complex

#NCED Updates: Leandro Report and DIT rules on reading assessment tool

Posted on December 15, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This edition of NCED updates includes the release of the highly anticipated Leandro report by WestEd and the Dept. of Information Technology (DIT) has ruled on the contract complaint about the new reading assessment tool, Istation.
On the national front, The College Board is being sued for illegally selling student data to third parties. Continue reading →

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#NCED Updates: NCAE hides membership again, a Renewal School District Explainer, General Assembly updates & more

Posted on December 1, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This installment of NCED updates covers the NCAE hiding their membership numbers again, legislative updates and renewal school district explainer video. Also included are a few national headlines and a Quiet Epidemic update. Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Updates: The BIMAS-2 pricetag for experimenting on our kids

Posted on November 17, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This week’s WCPSS updates will cover one topic, the BIMAS-2. Also included are a few related headlines and the arrest of an assistant principal.  Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Updates: Mental health screenings, the latest reassignment plan draft and failing schools

Posted on November 10, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

#WCPSS Updates this week include the BIMAS-2, a subjective mental health screening being given at seemingly random school locations, the latest draft of the reassignment plan and schools that are failing. Continue reading →

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NC’s largest district is experimenting on some of its students with a “Social, Emotional and Behavioral” assessment

Posted on November 1, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

Has your child been swept up in the massive “social, emotional and behavioral” data collection effort by Wake County Public Schools? Continue reading →

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#WCPSS using “social, emotional and behavioral universal assessment” on students (Updates)

Posted on October 26, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has deployed a “social, emotional and behavioral universal assessment” to rate and track student behavior unless parents opt-out.   Continue reading →

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WCPSS Office of Equity Affairs “Call to Action” includes more White Privilege training, SPLC Social Justice Standards

Posted on October 15, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

A document packed with white privilege and social justice training for the classroom created by the Wake County Public School System’s Office of Equity Affairs seeks to serve as a “call to action” for all district “educators and stakeholders.”  Continue reading →

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