Category Archives: Common Core

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 12-7-14

Posted on December 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for December 7, 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: 11-30-14 Continue reading →

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Where Is The Transparency For NC Common Core Commission?

Posted on December 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

“The Commission shall assemble content experts to assist it in evaluating the rigor of academic standards. The Commission shall also involve interested stakeholders in this process and otherwise ensure that the process is transparent.” – SB 812

The NC Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) was supposed to be set up in a fashion so that the process of removing Common Core would be open and transparent to the public.

So far, only those able to attend the meetings in person have been able to see what is going on. Even attending in person, materials used by presenters thus far have not been made available to the public in a timely manner and in some cases, are still not available.

KEEP READING… IT GETS WORSE. Continue reading →

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Pearson Is Everywhere: FBI Seize LAUSD Docs On iPads

Posted on December 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

In prior editions, we’ve covered the Los Angeles Unified School District’s mayhem with iPads loaded with Pearson Common Core curriculum and the contract shenanigans related to those iPads. See these related stories:

Pearson Is Everywhere: LA Schools To Train On Pearson’s Common Core System of Courses
Pearson Is Everywhere: LA Schools Talked To Pearson, Apple A Year BEFORE Bid
Today, we’ve learned the FBI has seized documents related to these devices and are investigating the possibility of fraud in relation to the contracts. This would not be the first time Pearson has been accused of contract shenanigans, as AIR has sued in New Mexico, alleging a contract there did not follow state rules for vendor competition.

AP via ABC News:

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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News and Observer Uses Smear Attempt To Protect #APUSH

Posted on December 4, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Alright, this is going to be a long article. Get your coffee and settle in.

At the News and Observer, the headline reads, “NC education department used Koch-funded group for proposed history lessons”. Take a moment to go read it, but don’t be sipping that coffee when you do. I have to admit, even for News and Observer, this article was a bad joke. I left a comment on the actual article which I am not going to rehash but has important points in it; you can hit that at the bottom of this article.

Narratives are now News….

KEEP READING — There is much, much more. Continue reading →

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NC Common Core Commission December Meeting Notice (UPDATED)

Posted on December 3, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The next meeting of the NC Common Core Commission (a.k.a. Academic Standards Review Commission) will be held on December 15th from 1-5 pm.

This will be the fourth meeting. As far as we know, still no funding.

There is still next to NO content on their website. No minutes. No agendas. No email conversations. No presentation materials.
NADA. This is transparency?!?

KEEP READING – MEETING DETAILS AND LOCATION INFO – Continue reading →

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Have You Read John Hood’s Latest Education Article?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Have you read John Hood’s latest article on Education?

Wow.

I didn’t intend to pick a fight with this article, but I guess I might have. I’ll say that this frustration here isn’t rooted in actions by Democrats, but by those considered allies until now.

It is getting very tiresome for conservatives in North Carolina to have a super-majority in this state, yet be constantly fishing knives out of our backs. Continue reading →

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