Category Archives: EDUCATION

While KY Lawmakers Move To Dump Common Core, NC’s Governor Tries To Cement It

Posted on January 7, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The first state to adopt Common Core has legislators now filing a bill to drop the standards. WCPO reported: FRANKFORT, Ky. — Majority Republicans in the Kentucky Senate have introduced legislation that would dismantle the state’s Common Core education standards. … Continue reading →

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Cruz: Homeschoolers Strengthen the Fundamental Pillars of Our Nation [Video]

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

Sen. Ted Cruz has a new video out extolling the value of homeschooling.

In it, Cruz notes that ‘homeschoolers strengthen the fundamental pillars of our nation’. The video is at the bottom of this article and is embedded in the announcement on his campaign site.

The announcement on Cruz’s site notes the coalition already has over 6,500 members:

KEEP READING… SEE THE VIDEO… Continue reading →

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Want Your Child To Transfer To A Different School In Wake Cty? It Might Not Happen.

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

File this one under: We will force schools to be ‘diverse’ at all costs.

The Wake County School Board is can’t be bothered with parents who want their child to change schools within the district according to a report at the News and Observer.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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NC Common Core Commission Co-Chair To Members: You Disregarded Your Duty

Posted on December 31, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In a press release yesterday, Academic Standards Commission Co-Chair Covil penned a letter showing her dissent from the Commission’s vote on recommendations which took place at the final meeting on 12/18/15.

In his most recent news letter, Senator Jerry Tillman included Covil’s full letter and added his own comment at the bottom:

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NC Common Core Commission Fails Its Task

Posted on December 29, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The Friday before the Christmas holiday, the NC Academic Standards Review Commission
(ASRC) met for the last time.

This final meeting was their fifteenth in as many months. And they blew it. Continue reading →

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Common Core Commission won’t even consider MN Math, Yet DPI Contracts with WI on ELA – #ASRC

Posted on December 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Jeffrey Isenhour was the member of the NC Common Core commission who was most viciously going after Dr. Ted Scheik on the math group’s recommendations.

Isenhour ridiculed, scrutinized and picked at Scheik until Scheik, an elderly gentleman, relented and changed his recommendation’s language. Isenhour then led the charge to vote down the changes that he himself just insisted on.

One of Isenhour’s biggest claims was that North Carolina shouldn’t be adopting a set of standards “wholesale” from another state without thorough vetting.

Let’s deconstruct him a bit, shall we?
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