Category Archives: EDUCATION

Common Core Cheerleading Group Gets Mult-Million Dollar Gates Foundation Grant

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

An education non-profit known for recruiting teachers to promote Common Core in the political arena has received a large grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In June of 2016, Hope Street Group received a grant for $2,650,003 for the purpose of ‘training teachers on policy’ and working on ‘perception improvements’. Continue reading →

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Retired NC History Teacher’s Epic Fail on #HB2

Posted on August 8, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

If you didn’t see the Charlotte Observer today, consider yourself lucky. You might have lost IQ points reading this one.

A “retired CMS history teacher” alleges that there were transgender civil war soldiers, therefore HB2 is an insult to “common sense”.

No, I’m not kidding. Continue reading →

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Eight Charter Schools Approved By NC State Board of Education

Posted on August 6, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On the second day of the monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education this past week, eight new charter schools were given approval to move forward. Continue reading →

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Charlotte Supt. Clark Halts Moving Forward With Transgender Facilities Policy

Posted on August 5, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Despite House Bill 2, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district (CMS) had every intent of moving forward with plans to implement a transgender facilities policy, however all of that has been put on hold.

BREAKING: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Ann Clark sites SOTUS stay says district will halt plans for transgender bathrooms

— #KeepNCSafe (@KeepNCSafeOrg) August 4, 2016

CMS Superintendent Ann Clark made a statement on halting the policy, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down a 4th Circuit’s order forcing a school district to create an open bathroom policy. Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Blocks 4th Circuit Order on Transgender Bathroom Use

Posted on August 4, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, the Supreme Court blocked the 4th Circuit’s order that forced a Virginia School district to allow a transgender student to use the bathroom or locker room of their choice. Continue reading →

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Homeschooling Still Booming In NC, Up 34% Since Implementation of Common Core

Posted on August 4, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Homeschooling numbers are up again in North Carolina.

The number has jumped by 11,415 more students than the previous year and represents the largest number of students homeschooling in the state history. That’s a 10.7% increase over the previous 2014-15 school year.

Continue reading →

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