Category Archives: Common Core

CCSSO President Atkinson Fear Mongering, Bearing False Witness

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

While out making false claims Common Core opposition is confusing high stakes testing with the fundamentally flawed and experimental Common Core standards, CCSSO President and NC State Superintendent is back in front of reporters bearing false witness on Common Core opposition again.

The Times News has one of those Q&A articles up that doesn’t address the real concerns, but goes with the tabloid angle. It’s shoddy reporting and media bias like this that makes the opposition want to bang its head on their collective desks.

Some examples from the article:

Q. Is this a federal takeover of the education curriculum? Continue reading →

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Call Governor McCrory. Tell Him The Truth About Common Core.

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

This Is A Call To Action On Common Core: Governor McCrory​

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NC Governor McCrory said this week that the “Republican-driven bill to repeal the Common Core education standards ‘is not a smart move,’ using his strongest language yet to warn against an effort pushed by conservatives in his own party.” – News and Observer 6/5/14
1. It’s time to FLOOD his office with phone calls, faxes and emails. Let him know how much support this bill has from all the people of NC:

Phone: 919-814-2000

Fax: 919-733-2120

Email Contact Form

The Governor is being misled about Common Core and public opinion of it by his Democrat education advisers, all of whom have strong connections to parties interested in promoting Common Core:
“But again, you don’t just throw out the whole thing if you have some minor issues you need to fix. We are trying to get some of the language out of the current bills in which we toss the whole thing out with no replacement.” – News and Observer 6/5/14

This statement is misleading. No one has mentioned “throwing out” Common Core and having no replacement. The Common Core bills set up a commission to create the highest possible standards for NC. Nothing will be removed until new standards are set.

Let the Governor know the truth about these bills, the support for them and why North Carolina opposes Common Core. Give Governor McCrory the FACTS:
The CCSS Are Not Rigorous, High Reaching or ‘Internationally Benchmarked’
The CCSS Are Not “State Developed”, “State-led” or “State Controlled”. The CCSSO and NGA own the copyright on the standards – NC has NO say in it.
The CCSS Are Costly – conservative estimates for NC taxypayers over the next five years are over $642 million dollars.
Federally funded Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has developed national tests and RttT Grant Conditions that requires student level data collected be made available to the U.S. Department of Education – much of which is without parental consent!

2. Continue to encourage final passage of the Common Core bills passed in the NC Senate (SB812) and House (HB1061), which are on their way to being reconciled in conference.

Lt. Governor Dan Forest supports the bills and is confident the final bill will become law.

3. Pass it on! Tell as many people as you can to contact the Governor. Headed to the GOP Convention this weekend? Print this email out and take it with you! Continue reading →

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Why Does Gov. McCrory Keep Listening to Eric Guckian?

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

Common Core is a fundamentally flawed experiment being performed on our students. Proponents have been unable or unwilling to defend the standards from real criticism ranging from the loss of local control, age and developmental inappropriateness to the intrusive data collecting to the fact it’s “higher standards” goal is to get kids into a “non-selective 2 year college”.
Yet, in the face of all of all the complaints, our Governor is still mooning over the standards:

RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory said the Republican-driven bill to repeal the Common Core education standards “is not a smart move,” using his strongest language yet to warn against an effort pushed by conservatives in his own party.

“These are things we need to correct and recognize,” he said, citing concerns with implementation and testing in remarks at a Raleigh meeting of the N.C. Business Committee for Education, a group that supports the standards. “But again, you don’t just throw out the whole thing if you have some minor issues you need to fix. We are trying to get some of the language out of the current bills in which we toss the whole thing out with no replacement.” – N&O

With all due respect, Governor, I’m saying this as someone who voted for you and backs you but… BULLCRAP.

The article at N&O goes on to say the Governor hasn’t said he would veto it or not. Veto it and watch the moms descend on your mansion with bullhorns and signs and trust me — we won’t be accepting of cookies either.

Common Core is not just ‘one minor issue’ but a landslide of problems, the first and foremost being the standards are COPYRIGHTED. Do you understand that Governor? We are at the mercy of two D.C. trade organizations to dictate what we do in our schools. Have you read Appendix B? Have you read my open letter to you? If you have, re-read it because it clearly didn’t make a dent. If you haven’t, then I respectfully suggest you do so: Open Letter to NC Gov. McCrory On Common Core Continue reading →

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About that Common Core Survey @NCAE’s Jewell Touted…

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

At the Senate Education Committee hearing on Wednesday, NCAE’s Mark Jewell leapt up with prepared remarks when the surprise opportunity for public comment was given.

Jewell presented his case backed by an ‘independent’ survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. That survey is many months old and I didn’t catch the full name at the time I was listening to the audio or I would have posted this earlier. I reached out to the NCAE on Twitter and asked for the poll link and methodology. They did not reply. Perhaps I should have hashtagged it “#TeacherPay.

@NCAE’s Mark Jewell: You said you had a study that said teachers love #CommonCore. Share it with the public – including the metholdology.

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 5, 2014

At any rate, I wasn’t going to wait around for the NCAE to respond. They won’t, so I am debunking it here. I hope the NC General Assembly members see this and understand the are being misled by Mr. Jewell and anyone else pushing this survey.. cough.. Senator Stein.. cough…. Continue reading →

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#NCGA Senate Passes #SB812, Sends To House

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

The Senate just passed SB 812, which is the Senate version replacing Common Core (HB 1061). It passed 33-15. THANK YOU SENATORS!

#NCGA Senate Passes #SB812 33-15. IT GOES TO HOUSE! THANK YOU SENATORS! Kids are one step closert to REAL high standards! @michellemalkin

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 5, 2014

Just like yesterday in the House, we see more fear mongering from Democrats:

@ErnieWard_ @NCSenateDems This tweet is nothing but BS and Fear Mongering. Shame on you both. https://t.co/2egwutvOIY #ncpol #ncga

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 5, 2014 Continue reading →

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Who Wants To Keep Your Kids Tied To Common Core At #NCGA?

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

Yesterday, HB 1061 passed the House. The Chamber of Commerce Core was there making noise and fear mongering hoping to kill the bill. Did it work? Who wants to keep our schools and children prostrate to two D.C. trade groups and to a flawed, experimental set of standards?
Who voted no to HB 1061?

Representative(s): Adams; Alexander; Baskerville; Bell, L.; Brandon; Carney; Cotham; Cunningham; Earle; Farmer-Butterfield; Fisher; Floyd; Gill; Glazier; Goodman; Graham, C.; Graham, G.; Hall, D.; Hall, L.; Hamilton; Hanes; Harrison; Holley; Insko; Jackson; Lucas; Luebke; Meyer; Michaux; Mobley; Moore, R.; Pierce; Reives; Richardson; Terry; Tine; Tolson; Wilkins; Wray

Every single one of them is a Democrat.
Looks like the very people complaining about “politicizing” the standards have just drawn their own “politicizing” line in the sand… right over our children and their education. Continue reading →

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