Category Archives: Common Core

Gates Funded and CCSS Tied ETS Study: American Kids Are Dumb

Posted on March 22, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has a new report out. In a nutshell, one blog summarizes the findings as ‘American kids are dumb’.

The Economic Collapse Blog reported:

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 3-22-15

Posted on March 22, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for March 22, 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: 3-15-15

KEEP READING – VIDEO, QUOTES, PROTESTS, TESTING, TWEETS…. Continue reading →

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NC ASRC Member Asks If Common Core Needs ‘Overhaul’. Answer Received Cheers and Applause. (Video)

Posted on March 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Local media reported that testimony given by former Common Core Validation committee members before the NC Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission indicated that a ‘total rewrite’ was necessary.

As I noted earlier this week, that’s not quite what was said — you can’t simply ‘re-write’ the Common Core. To reinforce what was actually said, I’ve put together a clip from video taken at the meeting.

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What Common Core Has Going For It

Posted on March 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

A reader inspired this latest meme I’ve created to add to my collection. Continue reading →

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Lt. Governor Forest Talks Common Core With Pete Kaliner

Posted on March 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In case you missed it yesterday, North Carolina’s Lt. Governor Dan Forest was on the Pete Kaliner show (WWNC 570) discussing Common Core. You can access the audio file on Kaliner’s Sound Cloud.

Topics included the NC Common Core Commission, the funding for the commission being held up by being tied up by the legislature, recommendations given to the Commission and more.

I’d like to thank Pete for mentioning this blog during their discussions about the NC Common Core Commission and the recommendations given by Former Common Core Validation Committee members, Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram.

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Defending Spying On Students Edition

Posted on March 19, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to another installment of Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson spying on students via social media to ‘protect’ the Common Core PARCC tests.

Today, we have an update on that story. According to the Denver Post, Pearson is defending it’s monitoring of students, but promising to ‘let the states do it’ from now on. Continue reading →

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