Category Archives: Common Core

Backpack Funding: Make the Money Follow The Student

Posted on January 7, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The amount of money that has been thrown at education from various sources over the last 50 years is staggering. One thing has been learned from said money throwing is that it isn’t working.

If you haven’t read The K- 12 Implosion yet, you should.

(VIDEO CLIP)

I just finished looking at the 2014 grants for ‘College Ready’ on the Gates Foundation site. This lesson of money throwing at education is something Bill Gates apparently hasn’t learned. The 2014 ‘College Ready’ grants totaled over $92 million.

Over at Reason.com, I spotted this video on Backpack funding for education. This is a very different approach to funding for education.

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Pearson Is Everywhere: 2014 GED Results Show 90% Drop In Passage Rate

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

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time, we learned that the FBI seized documents related to technology devices (iPads) at LAUSD and were investigating the possibility of fraud in relation to the contracts.

Today, we’re looking at the crash and burn of the GED test scores after Pearson and American Council On Education (ACE) took it over, re-wrote the test and made it ‘Common Core Aligned’. Not only was the content ‘aligned, but so was the method. GED test takers now have to do it online. The result has been a catastrophic drop in the passage rate.

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NC Public Schools Forum Hosting ‘Key Education Issues’ Breakfast

Posted on January 5, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

NC Spin is apparently doing a live taping of this event and the line-up including Academic Standards Review Commission Co-Chair, Andre Peek. Also in the mix are Rep. Horn and John Hood of John Locke Foundation, both of whom are involved with BEST NC’s “2020 Vision Initiative”.

Parents who can attend this should do so.

See below.

2015 Eggs & Issues Breakfast

Hosted by NC Public Schools Forum

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 1-4-15

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

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for January 4th, 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: 12-28-14
Weekend Reads archive at StopCommonCoreNC HERE.

KEEP READING – SEE THE TOP STORIES – VIDEO – QUOTES – TWEETS Continue reading →

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The 2016 PR Campaigns To Rehab Common Core Begin

Posted on January 2, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The PR campaigns to rehab Common Core before 2016 have begun. Having said that,
this is the most hilarious, talking point laden puff piece I’ve seen in a while:

Former Romney spokesman: Common Core popular in many quarters

The thrust of this article repeats the biggest talking point out there, that Common Core allows for ‘local control’. What’s more that McCoy’s assertion of ‘local control’ is somehow tied to how ‘popular’ Common Core is. We’ll get to the latter of that, first let’s talk ‘local control’.

Was Mr. McCoy intending to insult the intelligence of the reader?

To say that Common Core is about local control of any kind is to tell a whopper. Continue reading →

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 12-28-14

Posted on December 28, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for December 21, 2014. 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: 12-21-14 Weekend … Continue reading →

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