Category Archives: Common Core

#NCSPIN: DPI Expanded Scoring Lowered The Bar

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

On NC SPIN episode # 848, which aired on 2/1/15, North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction was called on the carpet for expanding the scoring system in order to make results look better.

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Posted in Common Core, EDUCATION, NC DPI | Tagged NCSpin, Read to Achieve | 1 Comment

#NCGA Bill Filed To Fund Common Core Commission

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

Senate Bill 14, Acad. Standards/Rules Review/Coal Ash/Funds., was filed at the North Carolina General Assembly and referred to the committee on appropriations/base budget the same day.

The bill handles funding for three separate items, one of them being the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC).

It has been a battle for the commission to get the funding they need to operate properly and are now approaching their 7th meeting on the 16th of this month.

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Posted in Academic Standards Review Commission, EDUCATION | Tagged ASRC | 1 Comment

#MoralMonday Coming to New Mexico

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Liberty Speaks

The American Federation of Teachers of New Mexico (AFT-NM) and the National Education Association of New Mexico (NEA-NM) have announced the ‘United Voices for our Students rally’ in Santa Fe on February 16th as part of a Moral Monday March.

Both organizations have expressed stern opposition to the new teacher evaluations and high stakes testing of students that feed into the evaluations. The AFT-NM and NEA-NM have both filed petitions and lawsuits against the reforms.

There is common ground with these two groups that anti-common core advocates have already embraced. The OPT-OUT movement which, opposes high stakes testing, is spreading across the U.S. at a very fast pace. Coalitions of parents, educators, teacher unions and medical professionals, regardless of political party, have joined the fight to eliminate the K-12 high stakes testing.

However, it is the Moral Monday banner this rally is flying under that could derail and muddy the issue in New Mexico.

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Posted in Academic Standards Review Commission, Common Core, EDUCATION, Liberty Speaks, Moral Monday, Occupy 2.0, Protests, Testing | Tagged Moral Monday, Opt Out, Reverend Barber | 3 Comments

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 2-1-15

Posted on February 1, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for February 1st, 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: 1-25-15

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Posted in Common Core | Tagged Weekend Reads | 1 Comment

Pearson Is Everwhere: NJ’s $108 Million Contract

Posted on January 29, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time we looked at Pearson’s methods of silencing opposition. Today we’re looking at their $108 million dollar contract in New Jersey associated with the PARCC tests. Continue reading →