Category Archives: Common Core

Why Does Buncombe School Board Hate Kids?

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

I have to shake my head when it comes to the protectionism of the status quo on vouchers that would benefit low income kids from school boards like Buncombe. They then doubled their dumb by refusing to seek clarification of the Common Core — something that even the NC General Assembly has chosen to do.
After sometimes heated debate, the Buncombe County Schools Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday night expressing opposition to what some members called “vouchers” for private schools.

The board also narrowly voted against passing a resolution to seek clarification of federal Common Core curriculum standards, as well as an assessment of those standards and the financial impact they have.
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NC Schools ‘Tools For Learning’

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

With the rise of technology in the classroom, the use of cell phones and other internet related device use, kid are exposed to all kinds of information. Some very useful and some… well, not so much. In fact, the ability for kids to roam to inappropriate materials in the digital age both at home and at school is a real concern for parents.

After a few tweets about NC Resources, I did some digging. Well, there’s a whole set of online documents in a ‘live binder’ out there on the interwebs. Parent should go explore this live binder for NC Public Schools. The Web Resources A-Z located in the NCDPI Information Technology Toolkit caught my eye, mainly because I’d never seen it before. Why isn’t this made more prominent so parents can view it?

The majority of these web links are good or useful applications, but there were a few that were not. One suggested sketchy one is Dipity, which is an internet meme timelines site. Dipity is not somewhere I would let my kid wander. Just a few examples below – NSFW language warning: Continue reading →

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NCSBE Skit Is Core of Ridiculousness

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

How is the NC State Board of Ed dealing with the age and developmental inappropriateness of Common Core in the elementary grades? With a skit of Little Miss Muffett at their last meeting on April 1st. No, really. Continue reading →

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NC Educrat Bloat Continues With $121k Hire

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

Dr. Terry Stoops over at John Locke picked up on the new hire at Department of Public Instruction that I meant to write about yesterday — the salary for this hire is $121k. Continue reading →

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Corrections to Common Core’s Strange Bedfellows

Posted on March 28, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

It seems NC Policy Watch can no longer ignore the Common Core Controversy and have finally written about it. Not a bad stab at it and I was impressed to see the tie in with the financial incentives that went on in the adoption being mentioned, but there are some corrections and deeper explanations to be made. See below. Continue reading →

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Wake County Man Fires Back at News & Observer For Common Core Smears

Posted on March 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The News and Observer (N&O) recently published a staff Op-Ed taking aim at the opposition to Common Core after the last NC General Assembly Common Core LRC meeting. The N&O’s article was little more than a set of smears on those who spoke out at the meeting. The clear intent of that editorial was to make opposition to Common Core look like a bunch of conspiracy theory or religious nuts. We are not.

You can read my take-down of the N&O’s hit piece here:

@NewsObserver Pens Cherry Picking, Outlandish Op-Ed Attacking Common Core Opposition

The following is a letter I received and was given permission to publish here on the blog. It was sent to multiple parties involved in the ongoing controversy surrounding The Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. It was also sent to the N&O, however I have not seen it published yet. If it is, I will link it here.
I’d like to thank Mr. Bruno for sharing this with me and allowing me to post it on the blog.

The letter is as follows, unedited and in full: Continue reading →

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