Category Archives: EDUCATION

Chair of State Board of Ed Goes All In For… Kasich. – #NCpol

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

Over at Jones and Blount, there is a story up about NC Board of Education Chairman, Bill Cobey, going all in for John Kasich in the Presidential race.

I don’t want to ever hear how NCSBE Chair Bill Cobey is a “Conservative” again.

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Here Come The Election Year Op Eds – #StuffAtkinsonSays

Posted on February 17, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Over at EducationNC, Superintendent Atkinson has an Op Ed telling us what her vision of the future of education is in the year 2025. @DrJuneAtkinson tells us what the future of Ed looks like. #CommonCore nowhere in it so why … Continue reading →

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USA TODAY Report Gives NC an “F” in Screening Teachers

Posted on February 16, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On February 13th, USA Today posted a lengthy article titled, NC fails in screening for problem teachers.

I read it. All of it. I also watched the embedded videos. It’s horrifying for a laundry list of failure to protect our children.

Let me say that I was not in the least bit surprised about what USA Today found about teachers slipping through the system.

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On S. 306, You Have The Right To Your Opinion, But Not Your Own Facts

Posted on February 13, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

More than a dozen parents have emailed me in the last week or so about articles written by two activists regarding US Senate bill 306. I’m tired of repeating myself in email, so I decided to write this article. For the record, those two activists are Anita Hoge and Alice Linahan. Continue reading →

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The Backstory On Those “Student Perception Surveys” – #NCed

Posted on February 11, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier this month, I wrote about another one of NC DPI’s bad ideas — the “student perception survey”.

I’ve traced them back to their origin — and it’s not the State Board of Education.

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More from #NC48 and A Little Rant To the NC Chamber on Common Core – #NCGA #NCpol

Posted on February 11, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Recently I highlighted an article by the Daily Haymaker in which the NC Chamber of Commerce’s involvement in the race for the NC-48 Senate where the seat is being vacated by Sen. Apodaca.

I was engaged on Twitter by a regular reader wanting to make sure that people saw the bio for the candidate being backed by the NC Chamber, Chuck Edwards. I agreed to post it, so here you go…

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I was also then desecended on by NC Chamber’s Nathan Babcock, who tried to sell me a line of utter BS on the Chamber’s involvement in Common Core.

BOY, did he pick the wrong Common Core fighting mom to peddle lies to.

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