Category Archives: Common Core

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 1-18-15

Posted on January 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for January 18th, 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: 1-11-15 NC … Continue reading →

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CCSSO Pres. Atkinson Calls Standards Copyright Questions “Preposterous”

Posted on January 17, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Asking questions about a set of copyrighted standards is “preposterous”, ya’ll.
So sayeth the President of the CCSSO.

@DrJuneAtkinson Legal issue is “preposterous”? You’re CCSSO Prez -grant us a waiver as listed in the Public License. http://t.co/sgyvJlUKSo

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) January 17, 2015 Continue reading →

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1-16-15 NC Common Core Commission Meeting

Posted on January 17, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, the NC Common Core Commission, known as the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), met. The meeting location was changed. The meeting was held in the State Board of Education board room at the Department of Public Instruction so the meeting could finally be live streamed. Apparently, the Department of Administration was unable to live stream.

I was at the meeting and tweeted throughout the meeting. You can see my tweet timeline in the Storify article, NC Common Core #ASRC Meeting – 1/16/15.

Meeting Highlights

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Common Core Aligned: Getting Smart

Posted on January 16, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

“…to create just these kinds of tests—next-generation assessments aligned to the common core. When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curriculum will line up as well—and that will unleash powerful market forces in the service of better teaching.” – Bill Gates, 2009 Speech To Natl. Conference of State Legislatures

The goal is to align everything so that students and the money have nowhere to go but Common Core.

Reason TV has published a video titled, Silicon Valley Wants to Teach Your Kids.

Read the description for the video, emphasis added is mine:

Published on Jan 14, 2015
If you are someone who grew up sitting in a classroom every day; facing the chalkboard and watching the seconds tick by on a clock until the bell rang, then online education may feel a bit strange at first. But people like Tom Vander Ark, the CEO of Getting Smart, say that learning online is not only the future of education but one of the ways to make it more effective.

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NC #ASRC Handout has Author Missing

Posted on January 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In going over the December meeting materials from the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), there was one handout that was missing any notation of who the author was.

This handout had a header on it that said, “Legislatively Required Standards Review Process in Other States”. A closer inspection of the original document’s properties showed it was authored by Michael Gilligan.

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Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Academic Standards Review Commission, Common Core, Pat McCrory | Tagged ASRC, Transparency | 2 Comments

What they’re saying about Common Core and Education in NC

Posted on January 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Two items ran through my Twitter feed yesterday which nearly made me do a spit-take.

First, the new “nonpartisan news” non-profit, EducationNC, ran one of its first major articles. It was from the Governors Aide, Eric Guckian, titled “Every student deserves the right to reach their potential”.

Second, NPR has an article out about North Carolina and the Academic Standards Review Commission. It’s titled, “North Carolina Rethinks The Common Core”.

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