Category Archives: Common Core

Behind The Common Core Curtain In NC -PT 1

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

This article  and the following installments are Guest Posts by a North Carolina Educator. This is an important look behind the Curtain of Common Core in North Carolina.   The writer is a School Counselor in NC public schools. Part … Continue reading →

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More Davids Rise To Fight Common Core

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

Meet the Common Core Four in New Jersey. More Davids fighting the Goliath that is Common Core. Continue reading →

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PTA Gets Owned For Pro-Common Core Posting On Facebook

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

One of my Common Core Mom-Brigade pointed this Facebook post out to me made by the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA). The PTA has been pro-C0mmon Core out of the gate, they think it’s just great. Parents are now wise to it and aren’t taking it lying down. The comments on the post say it all: Continue reading →

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Common Core Symposium – September 27th

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

There will be a symposium on Common Core going on in Cary, NC at the Hampton Inn & Suites on September 27th of which I will be taking part in. The cost is $10. There is also an afternoon session on ‘Government and Your Money’. Each session is $10 separately or $15 if attending both. It is hosted by Citizens Constitutional Caucus. Details of the event are as follows below and you may find out more via the Patriot Institute. Continue reading →

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Charlotte Observer Associate Editor Takes Pot Shots At McCrory

Posted on August 1, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, another display of editorial hackery from the Charlotte Observer /News and Observer. Associate Editor Peter St. Onge is either truly ignorant on Common Core or willfully so. Either way, he’s using it to bash Governor McCrory and either way, I’m glad we don’t subscribe to this outlet. What biased garbage.
Pssst – Mr. St. Onge? Do you realize McCrory’s base is beginning to think he’s selling out to the Democrats in trying to be Jim Hunt 2.0? Just look at his administration.

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“The event is for Chamber of Commerce members only”

Posted on August 1, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

If you live in Holly Springs, there’s a meeting about your kids education but you’re not invited. It’s for the Chamber of Commerce members only. Via News and Observer:

Local and state officials – including state Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam and Wake County school board member Susan Evans – will participate in a panel discussion at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Holly Springs Cultural Center.

The speakers will talk about capped schools, new school construction, Common Core standards and achievements at local schools.

“We’re trying to make sure the business community in Holly Springs is aware of developments, because it affects them,” said Tom Wyrick, owner of Whizard Academy in Cary and Holly Springs, who helped organize the event. Continue reading →

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