Category Archives: NC Ed Updates

#NCED Updates: School Safety, School Threats and a Sweet Challenge

Posted on March 27, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

Here are some updates on North Carolina Education from the last few weeks in March.
The General Assembly’s School Safety Committee met, the threats to schools continued, PTA treasurer charged with embezzlement, WCPSS Board learned nothing from Parkland and focuses on Elementary suspensions, and Superintendent Mark Johnson issued a ‘sweet challenge’. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, NC DPI, NC Ed Updates, Wake County School Board | Tagged , , | Comments Off on #NCED Updates: School Safety, School Threats and a Sweet Challenge

NC Education Updates – Leandro, Read to Achieve, a Resignation and an Award

Posted on March 12, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

Here are some quick North Carolina Education updates you might have missed.Here are some quick North Carolina Education updates you might have missed.
Leandro update, more money thrown at Read To Achieve, a big resignation at the State Board of Education and a Common Core peddler gets an award. Continue reading →

Posted in EDUCATION, NC Ed Updates | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Mid-February NC Education Updates

Posted on February 21, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

NC Education Updates this time around include House Bill 90, Education Savings Accounts, Leandro/ the NC Board of Ed update and an NC school choice champion moves to the national stage. Continue reading →

Posted in NC DPI, NC Ed Updates | Comments Off on Mid-February NC Education Updates

NC Charter School Truths – #SchoolChoice

Posted on January 25, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

The spin out there on School Choice was out of control again this year for School Choice Week. On cue, well-funded union non-profit front groups continued to push their false talking points and in the process smear millions of parents and students.

On Twitter, the replies left on some School Choice tweets were filled with ridiculous amounts of misinformation. Reading some of them gave me a headache. It was as if these folks were re-heating leftover dog food, calling it gourmet stew and thinking somehow no one was going to tell them otherwise.  Boy, were they wrong. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, NC Ed Updates, School Choice | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

NC Education Updates – Regional TOYs Named, School Choice Rally Planned

Posted on January 15, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

Here are some quick North Carolina Education updates you might have missed.
– School Choice Week is coming!
– Teachers of the Year named
– NC leads the nation in nationally certified teachers
– Robeson school selected for Innovative School District Continue reading →

Posted in EDUCATION, NC DPI, NC Ed Updates | Tagged | Comments Off on NC Education Updates – Regional TOYs Named, School Choice Rally Planned

NC Board Of Ed Still Not Taking Up Common Core Recommendations

Posted on February 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A brief update on the state of Common Core in North Carolina — the NC State Board of Education will apparently NOT be taking up the recommendations from the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) during their February meeting.

KEEP READING… THERE’S MORE. Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Standards Review Commission, Big Ed Complex, Common Core, EDUCATION, NC Board Of Education, NC Ed Updates | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on NC Board Of Ed Still Not Taking Up Common Core Recommendations