Category Archives: Common Core

Chamber Watch: US Chamber’s ‘Leaders and Laggards’

Posted on September 13, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Chamber Watch: Keeping an eye on the Chambers of Commerce Core

Today’s Article: Chamber Of Commerce Grades States On Education (Focus on 2 and 4 year colleges)

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NC State Senator Questions #APUSH

Posted on September 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina State Senator Jerry Tillman is questioning the new AP U.S. History (APUSH) framework. (See Tillman’s Newsletter snippet below the fold.)

scG-coleman-unqualifiedHe is wise to do so. APUSH went from a 5 page framework to a 95 page one, which largely marginalizes early U.S. History in favor of a Leftist Global view and includes the theme that America is not exceptional. This new framework totally undermines the teaching of U.S. History both nationwide and in North Carolina. This new framework is led by Common Core architect, David Coleman.

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NC EOC’s Show Less Than 1% Improvement

Posted on September 10, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The North Carolina End of Course (EOC) or End of Grade (EOG) results have been reported. The media has done it’s best to ignore that the scoring system was changed from last year to this year, making comparison of the scores impossible.

Remember, the scores for the first year under Common Core were at horrifying 37.3% drop state-wide. Factor in the hot mess that Read To Achieve is becoming and one can see why they wanted to pad the scoring system.

Related Read: NC State Superintendent Spins Changing Testing Scoring System (Video)

Lindalyn Kakadelis of John Locke Foundation has dug into the scores and cobbled together a comparison as best as can be done, given the way the scoring was changed. Kakadelis looks at the overall 3rd through 8th grade reading and math scores. The changes in achievement levels went from a scale of four to a scale of five this year. Even with the change, the scores in reading and math only improved .8%. Hooray for high reaching Common Core?

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Paging NC Governor McCrory: Penn. Governor Wants To Dump Common Core

Posted on September 10, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another Republican Governor joins the Common Core Opposition.

Paging @PatMcCroryNC => Pennsylvania Governor Latest To Turn On Common Core | The Daily Caller http://t.co/oxY7jRF2Fy #stopcommoncore

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) September 10, 2014

Corbett cited the loss of control and overreach by the federal government. Good for him. Common Core represents the loss of state sovereignty over education.

WHERE IS GOVERNOR MCCRORY?

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Local OH PTA: Money Didn’t Play Into Common Core Support

Posted on September 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Money drives the Common Core. Money spent on it and money to be made from it. Gates has dropped over $2.6 million into the National PTA. So when a local PTA official in Ohio said the following, I chuckled and shook my head:

During the legislature’s Common Core hearings, Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, the sponsor of the bill to eliminate the standards, has pressed several pro-Common Core witnesses about their affiliations, influences and funding — focusing particularly on whether money came from the Gates Foundation.

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Gov. Walker: ‘If Reelected, I’ll Replace Common Core’

Posted on September 8, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This weekend, Scott Walker announced that if reelected he will replace Common Core. I’m sure the Common Core peddling Michael Brickman of the Fordham Institute is unhappy to hear that. Brickman was education adviser to Walker when Common Core was adopted. Brickman also did a song and dance at the NC legislature during the Common Core committee hearings. I also had a chat with him on Pete Kaliner’s show on WWNC.

WKOW.com:

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