Category Archives: June Atkinson

NC Taxpayer Group Pushing Back On APUSH Changes

Posted on November 15, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

APUSH Advanced Placement U.S. History has a new controversial and arguably Anti-American framework.  You can thank Common Core Architect and College Board President, David Coleman. This new framework has serious conflicts with history curriculum in the states. North Carolina is no … Continue reading →

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CCSSO President Elect Compares Common Core To Clothing

Posted on November 15, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

CCSSO President Elect and NC Superintendent doth protest too much.

It seems she believes that our kids education should be personalized standardized .
Just like clothes. Wait, what??

KEEP READING – SEE THE TWEETS. Continue reading →

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Spit-Take Of The Week: NC Superintendent’s “Vision” For NC Education

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

Is the romance of Common Core fading?

“In her remarks, she described a vision for moving away from a “one-size-fits-all” to a more personalized approach to teaching, to a strategy of awarding credit based on “mastery” learning rather than seat time, and the use of project-based learning.”
-Herald Sun, 11/6/14,N.C. Superintendent Describes Vision For Education

No, given the rewrite of the standards going on in NC, it more likely we’ve entered cover your ass meets obfuscation mode.

Wonka CommonCoreStandardsWHAT A JOKE.
Dr. Atkinson has rammed the one-size-fits-all Common Core down the throat of this state’s children and parents for four years.

This isn’t a ‘vision’.

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Narrative Collapse: Teacher Turnover Declined In Wake County

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

Remember the big hoopla that teacher turnover in Wake County was just amazingly high? Remember that this narrative was pushed by Moral Monday, Democrats and NC DPI itself?

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NC DPI Gave Media Outlet Private Charter School Information

Posted on October 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, another political agenda item pushed by NC DPI and Superintendent Atkinson.

First, flashback to April, 2014 via Charlotte Observer:

“Charter schools are set up and organized as public schools. Therefore I believe salaries are to be open to the public for review,” state Superintendent June Atkinson said Monday.

Atkinson said that when the N.C. Department of Public Instruction said in March that charter salaries are not subject to public disclosure, “our attorneys misunderstood the question.”

Now flash forward.

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#APUSH Is Going To Get A Debate In North Carolina

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

At the October meeting of the NC State School Board, the topic of APUSH came up. For those unfamiliar, APUSH stands for Advanced Placement U.S. History.

Recently the College Board has made controversial revisions to the APUSH framework, taking it from a five page document to a 95 page document. The changes are alarming, so much so that a national conference call was put together on August 4, 2014. Audio of the call is available via Georgia Stop Common Core. More articles on APUSH can be found at StopCommonCoreNC.org and on my blog.

Important Reads
NC Superintendent on #APUSH
NC Board Of Ed Plans To Stick With #APUSH

Critics of the new APUSH framework contend that it undermines the current teaching of U.S. History and with regards to North Carolina, does not align with the current law and requirements known as the Founding Principles Act (HB 588).

Video of this discussion on APUSH can be seen here. Fast forward to around the 1:37:30 mark.

I have a few comments on the video:

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