Category Archives: Common Core

What They’re Saying about Education In NC – (9/25/15) #NCED

Posted on September 25, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Some quick hits on what is going on in Education in North Carolina.

Charter School news, Common Core updates, Wake County School Board Hilarity and more. Keep reading… Continue reading →

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September NC Common Core Commission Meeting Highlights

Posted on September 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This past Monday was the September meeting of the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), which is tasked by SB 812 with reviewing and recommending possible replacements for Common Core.

See who was there, what was said and more. Continue reading →

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Do Parents Get The Full ‘Digital Education’ Picture?

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

I’ve written about digital curriculum movement before. There are pros and cons to such a movement.

Do Parents get the full ‘Digital Education’ picture? Continue reading →

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‘Unschooling’ Can Have More Than One Definition

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

Homeschooling is booming nationwide.

Over at Instapundit, Sarah Hoyt has an article linked about the subtle difference between Homeschooling and ‘Unschooling’.

The article has one definition of unschooling, but I have a different definition. Continue reading →

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A Look at NC’s 2015 SAT Scores – #NCED

Posted on September 4, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina’s ACT scores were ‘stagnant‘ and in the area of minority student scores, the ACT scores showed drops. Now, the SAT scores for NC are out and they resemble results we saw with the ACT. One has to ask, how our … Continue reading →

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A Look At The 2015 NC ACT Scores – #NCed

Posted on September 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

  The 2015 ACT Scores are out and five years after the introduction and implementation of Common Core, the scores are ‘stagnant’. “The needle is barely moving on college and career readiness, and that means far too many young people … Continue reading →

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