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Category Archives: Common Core
Who Is Driving Education Policy In NC?
Last year, I called attention to a group called the NC Superintendent Large District Consortium and their intention to call for a seven-year lock in of Common Core in the state.
I’ve kept tabs and have questions about who is driving education policy in the state of North Carolina.
I placed a Freedom of Information Act request last September and have just recently received the information back from Wake County Public Schools. I requested emails that had “NC Superintendent Large District Consortium” and “Common Core” in the subject or body of the emails.
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Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Common Core, EXCLUSIVE, June Atkinson
Tagged Common Core, Wake County Public Schools
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Dear John Kasich…
Ohio Governor John Kasich has 2016 presidential aspirations and was on FOX news this past Sunday, where he towed the pro-Common Core line. See the video clip.
In the interview on FOX, Kasich accused Conservatives of using Common Core to score political points. Kasich also runs with the Obama canard: Continue reading
The Common Core Weekend Reads – 1-25-15
These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for January 25th, 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: 1-18-15
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Chapel Hill EWA Seminar On Common Core (Pt II)
Yesterday, I did a short write-up of one of the videos taken at the EWA Seminar in Chapel Hill on January 12th. Today is party two, “The Southern Context Of Common Core”.
“The Southern Context of Common Core“
20 minutes, 17 seconds
Participants: Jill Stancill and Ferrell Guillory
Description: “Education Writers Association conference panel on the Southern context of Common Core. News & Observer Education Reporter Jane Stancill interviews Ferrel Guillory, member EducationNC Board of Directors and professor of the practice at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.”
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Chapel Hill EWA Seminar Topic: Common Core
North Carolina’s newest ‘Education Non-Profit’ provided some video of the recent EWA Seminar held in Chapel Hill on January 12th. EWA stands for Education Writers Association.
EWA has received multiple Gates Foundation grants. The most recent is for over $1.4 million and is centered on ‘communications’.
Today I look at the first of the two videos, “Taking Political Stock of the Common Core”…
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Chamber Watch: Out – Bashing Parents, In – Bashing Experts
Chamber Watch: Keeping an eye on the Chambers of Commerce Core
Today’s Article: Common Core Critic Flunks Core Test
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Mr. Peterson doth spew ideological blather too much.
Did you get that? The American Principles Project is “ultra-right’wing”.
This characterization is meant to silence the debate before it begins by injecting political bias claims.
Bottom line, the new narrative is to continue politicizing the standards and undermine experts who speak out against Common Core. Shorter: smear the messenger.
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