Category Archives: EDUCATION

Social Justice Is Crowding Out Actual Academics Using Our Tax Dollars

Posted on February 23, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve been pointing out over the last few years how Social Justice is trumping actual academics in our nation’s public schools and how Common Core has become a vehicle to increase the level of it.

I’ve highlighted it in my own state of North Carolina, but over in Missouri there is a Superintendent actually promoting it on Twitter. Continue reading →

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Another Day, Another Video of a Fight in NC Schools – #nced #ncdpi

Posted on February 22, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Last Fall, I wrote about the questions raised by how common place fighting in Wake county schools was becoming.

These fights were being recorded often times with cell phones and uploaded to a Twitter account called #30SecondFights as well as other social media platforms. It came out that Raleigh police had responded to over 200 calls about fights from Wake County Schools.

Well now we have the same type of thing happening in Mecklenburg.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Was Moore County Schools Conducting a Lois Lerner Style Inquiry?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A lot of interesting things come into my inbox. I can’t write about all of them but this one needed some eyeballs. Apparently, in March of 2015, a letter was sent from staff board attorney Neal Ramee  to Superintendent Grimesey. The … Continue reading →

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Heartland Articles: USPS Reform and NC’s CSX Eminent Domain Case

Posted on February 21, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

My latest articles at Heartland are now available:

North Carolina Commissioners, Residents Reject Eminent Domain Proposal
Lawmakers Debate Post Office Entitlement Changes, Reorganization
Prior articles this month included:

Indiana Lawmakers Propose Excise Tax Hikes for Road Funding
North Carolina Panelists Break Ranks with Standards Commission
Kentucky Lawmakers Propose Rebooting State Education Standards Continue reading →

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NCAE’s Organize2020 Is Back Pushing Political Protests In NC Schools

Posted on February 20, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The Union loving protest arm of the NCAE is back pushing political protests in our schools

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Supt Atksinson’s Teacher Pay Wedding Cake Copies ESSA Compensation Tiers – #NCGA #NCed

Posted on February 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier in February, Supt. Atkinson rolled out her latest big campaign… err… agenda item.

That item is Teacher Pay increases.

This is not a new item for Atkinson, she’s repeatedly mentioned this since the legislature flipped to a Republican majority. That’s not a bug, but a feature of her narrative.

In this blog post by Atkinson, she rolls out her 4 tier ‘Wedding cake’ strategy. Continue reading →

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