Category Archives: NC DPI

NC Imports More Teachers Than Exports – #nced

Posted on March 31, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The refrain from groups using education as a their weapon of choice to beat the Republican led legislature over the head has been ‘teachers are leaving NC in droves’.

That turned out not to be true once the turnover report was unpacked…

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Did You Know Bill Gates Paid A Firm To Help Write NC’s Race To The Top grant?

Posted on March 20, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Johnson should ask Dr. Atkinson why she allowed an out-of-state, multi-billion dollar consulting outfit which was “supported” by the Bill Gates Foundation to guide the writing of the NC Race To The Top application? Continue reading →

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WCPSS Board Won’t Believe Their Lyin’ Eyes – #nced #wcpss

Posted on March 15, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

At what point will the Wake County School Board finally acknowledge that Common Core is the root of most of the problems district students have?

Would a teacher survey that says, “only 50% believe that all students can meet grade level benchmarks given sufficient supports” do the trick?
Apparently not. Continue reading →

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Powerschool Continues To Fail – #NCed

Posted on March 10, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Through the course of my inquiries about Powerschool, the student data capturing program, the following note (below) landed in my inbox.

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USA TODAY Report Gives NC an “F” in Screening Teachers

Posted on February 16, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On February 13th, USA Today posted a lengthy article titled, NC fails in screening for problem teachers.

I read it. All of it. I also watched the embedded videos. It’s horrifying for a laundry list of failure to protect our children.

Let me say that I was not in the least bit surprised about what USA Today found about teachers slipping through the system.

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The Backstory On Those “Student Perception Surveys” – #NCed

Posted on February 11, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier this month, I wrote about another one of NC DPI’s bad ideas — the “student perception survey”.

I’ve traced them back to their origin — and it’s not the State Board of Education.

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