Category Archives: NC DPI

What They’re Saying About Education In NC (9/18/15) – #NCed

Posted on September 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Some quick hits on Education in North Carolina.

Reminder: The next Common Core commission meeting is Monday, the 21st.
Related Common Core reading: Former USED Official on RTTT: “We forced alignment among the top three education leaders in each participating state …” Continue reading →

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NC Scores Reveal Charters Scored Higher

Posted on September 10, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina test results and school grades have shown that Charter schools outperformed public schools with the percentage of Charters earning better ratings across the board than Public schools.

There are a lot of reasons why and some claims about the results are muddying the waters. Continue reading →

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A Look at NC’s 2015 SAT Scores – #NCED

Posted on September 4, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina’s ACT scores were ‘stagnant‘ and in the area of minority student scores, the ACT scores showed drops. Now, the SAT scores for NC are out and they resemble results we saw with the ACT. One has to ask, how our … Continue reading →

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Progress NC Continues Politically Motivated Propaganda Push – #NCED

Posted on September 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Progress NC, the far left activist group and partner of Blueprint NC, is still pushing politically motivated and hyperbolic rhetoric when it comes to NC education.

This is the same stuff we saw back in 2013.

KEEP READING…. CRIPPLE, EVISCERATE, SLAM… Continue reading →

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Possibly the most arrogant and insulting Common Core article I’ve seen in a while

Posted on August 30, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

An article on Common Core penned by one Andy Overstreet appeared in the News and Observer this weekend. The title was, Creating School Standards that make sense for children.

This article might be behind the pay wall for some readers, but I managed to read the whole thing and I have to say, this is possibly the most arrogant and insulting Common Core article I’ve seen in a while.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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You can’t swing a dead cat these days without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit

Posted on August 23, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit…
…Or a former NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) employee working for a Bill Gates backed non-profit. Continue reading →

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