Category Archives: EDUCATION

Legislator Received Death Threats For Attempting To Make College More Affordable

Posted on June 3, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Legislator proposes bill to lower in-state tuition.
Moral Monday calls it racist.
Legislator receives death threats.
Bill drops Historically Black Colleges off the bill.
This is the Left in NC. Continue reading →

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#NCGA Does DPI’s Job Again With Bill On Background Checks [UPDATED]

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

Earlier this year, North Carolina received an “F” on our teacher screening process in a USA Today report.

Several years ago, and by several I mean SIX YEARS ago, the subject of performing background checks on teachers in North Carolina was suggested, a committee did some work on it and their results were promptly stuck in a drawer by NC Superintendent Atkinson.

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Not The Onion: Moral Monday Leader Says Lower Tuition Proposal Is Racist.

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

Last week I alerted folks that Bully Barber was calling SB 873 racist. What the bill does is lowers fees and tuition rates for instate students at certain NC colleges, therefore making it more affordable for minorities and poorer students to attend.

Barber managed to bully Sen. Apodaca into altering the bill, by dropping the Historically Black Colleges from the list. GEE, that’s awesome… said no minority or poor student. Ever.

Read about this nonsense at ABC news who, to their credit, point out this bill would have made college more affordable for many students.

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UNC Board Of Governors To AG Cooper: Do Your Job Or Pay Our Bills

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

This past week the UNC Board of Governors meet and discussed HB2.

The board put together a letter, blasting Attorney General Roy Cooper for not doing his job. The letter also demanded that Cooper’s office pick up the legal fees the UNC System will in incur defending itself from the Obama administration’s transgender facilities edict.

Here are some of the key stories covering this, via a Press Release from Governor McCrory’s office: Continue reading →

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WCPSS Board’s ShortFall Translates To HardFall For Staff, Parents, Students

Posted on June 1, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday there was a lot of discussion about the Wake County Schools (WCPSS) budget ‘shortfall’. That shortfall has a price tag of $16.8 million.

Given that WCPSS has over a billion dollar budget, what transpired yesterday should have parents questioning how the board spends their money.

Even the News and Observer’s Ed columnist thinks it’s a big deal:

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Moral Monday Finds More Hate: Protecting In State College Students From Rate Hikes

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

Protecting students from tuition rate hikes, establishing a scholarship plan and reducing student fees in the UNC System is hateful, you guys.

SB 873 is just extremist! It’s hateful! It’s racist!

Even though this bill is about the UNC system specifically, Moron Monday says it’s an attack on HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).

The NC NAACP aka Moral Monday’s press release:

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