Category Archives: NC DPI

Common Core Aligned: “Teaching Tolerance” – PT 4

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

Last week, I started this series on certain Social Activism curriculum claiming to be aligned to Common Core as created by ‘Teaching Tolerance’, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. I continued this week with part three. This installment is part four.
[Read: Part one, Part two and Part three] Continue reading →

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NC Charter Wars: Public Policy Interests vs. Personal Profits

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

According to the News and Observer, NC Superintendent June Atkinson was singing the praises of one Joel Medley last week. Medley is about to take over the K-12 Online Charter School System. As quoted by the News and Observer, Atkinson says Medley is an “extremely ethical and straightforward” guy…

Too good to be true. – KEEP READING. Continue reading →

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Pearson Is Everywhere: MN Tests Get Hacked Edition

Posted on May 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome back to Pearson Is Everywhere!

Last time, we saw that Over 175k Opted Out of Pearson PARCC in NY.

Today, we’re looking at Minnesota’s tests being hacked, causing the testing to be temporarily canceled. The attack was a DDoS (denial of service) attack.

KEEP READING… SEE THE NC CONNECTION…. Continue reading →

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#HB673 – “Modify Read to Achieve” In K12 Committee Today

Posted on April 28, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The controversial and ill-implemented Read To Achieve program might be getting a face-list. HB 673 will be heard this morning by the K-12 House Education Committee.

While Republican legislators came up with this idea (courtesy of listening to Jeb Bush), NC’s Department of Public Instruction clearly botched the implementation.

Read to Achieve arguably has admirable intentions, but then again, so did Common Core and look at what a steaming pile that has turned out to be.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Health Form Created By NC DPI, DHHS Goes ‘Far beyond’ What NC Law Requires

Posted on April 7, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

As previously mentioned on this blog, Parents with children entering North Carolina Public Schools for Kindergarten (as well as those entering schools for the first time for any grade) in the state will be required to fill out an invasive “health assessment” form.

Currently, House Bill 13 proposes to make this health assessment part of a child’s permanent record. It will be included in the state longitudinal database system, of which another bill (HB 401) will make that data accessible by multiple state agencies.

Lindalyn Kakadelis, over at John Locke, has posted an an article talking about this exact health assessment. In her article, she chronicles how her own daughter went to enroll her child into Kindergarten and had to deal with this form.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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#HB401 Seeks To Increase Data Collection, Access to Student Information

Posted on April 2, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In an age where data and identities are routinely stolen and parents worry about their child’s information being passed around online, legislatures should be looking to lessen data collection and sharing, not expand it.

Yesterday, HB 401 was filed at the North Carolina General Assembly. This bill has some rather unsettling aspects to it with regard to access and collection of student data. Continue reading →

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