Category Archives: Common Core

GUEST POST: Common Core in Charters, Private & Homeschools

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

The following article is a guest post from a concerned parent on Charter schools. private schools and homeschools.  It is a follow-up article to Common Core Standards Usurp Leadership Clubs in our Schools. The Common Core Propaganda Machine has to be recognized … Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: NC Common Core Update

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

This is a reposting of my DaTechGuy weekly column: NC Common Core Update

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By A.P. Dillon

South Carolina has dumped the Common Core. So has Oklahoma and Missouri is on its way. While I’ve been busy following other states, I am right in the middle of what is happening in my own state of North Carolina. Here are some updates. Continue reading →

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NEA Calls For Arne Duncan To Resign

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

Well, it appears the California Teachers Association has possibly forced the latest resolution demanding Arne Duncan Resign at this year’s July 4th NEA meeting. Resolutions calling for Duncan to resign have happened before and did not pass.

The resolution is likely a move stemming from the Vergara decision, which in a nutshell said that California teacher tenure, firing and disciplinary procedures violate children’s right to an adequate education. Statements from California Teachers Asssociation’s President seem to back that theory up: Continue reading →

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Bill Gates Demonstrates His Hyperbole Skills

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

Today I was reminded of  this phrase my mom used to use: “When you feel like you’re being run out of town, get out in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.” I think Bill Gates … Continue reading →

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Common Core Aligned: Reading Rainbow

Posted on July 4, 2014 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 no where to go but Common Core.

LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow just made the Common Core aligned list.

While his cause for expanding literacy is admirable, this is truly disappointing to see. This won’t be an app our house downloads.

Salon:

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Lady Liberty 1885 Will Not Conform On July 22nd

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

Those who follow this blog regularly know I have been engaged in fighting and the effort to stop Common Core in North Carolina. I’ve been at this nearly two years now and we’ve got a set of bills floating around the legislature here. These bills have been conferenced on and look to be heading to the floor of both houses in the coming week or so before the current session ends. North Carolina’s legislature is close to returning a true education to its children and restoring sovereignty over education to our state.

I’ve done as much as I can to spotlight the struggle here in North Carolina and to have worked other activists in other states on our “Common” problem. Many people have been fighting right alongside me for this outcome. I think we might get a bit more of a spotlight on our fight as I will be taking their energy, determination and a little bit of what I learned from each of them with me when I fly to Dallas to take part in Glenn Beck’s Common Core call to action event:
We Will Not Conform

I hope you’ll join me on July 22nd as we hear from experts and grassroots activists, like me, about why we have to stop Common Core and how we can do it. Find out more, including finding a theater near you, at WeWillNotConform.com. Continue reading →

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