Category Archives: EDUCATION

News and Observer Is Obsessed with Common Core – #ncpol #mediabias

Posted on November 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The News and Observer editorial board is obsessed with Common Core. More specifically, they’re obsessed with defending Common Core, maybe because it allows them to smear the legislature at the same time. Continue reading →

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That Was Fast: @RoyCooperNC will NOT defend NC Children

Posted on November 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday I wrote wondering if Attorney General Roy Cooper would stand up to the increasing overreach by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) by joining an amicus brief regarding the USED’s lawfare to force schools to allow transgender to basically pick their bathroom or locker room at will.

The same day, AG Cooper answered and that answer was to give North Carolina parents and kids the middle finger. Continue reading →

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Will @RoyCooperNC Defend NC Students? Deadline Approaches.

Posted on November 23, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Will Attorney General Roy Cooper step up and protect NC Students and the state’s sovereignty over its own schools or will be side with the Obama administration’s increasingly power-hungry Department of Education?

KEEP READING Continue reading →

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As NC Common Core Commission Wraps Up, DPI Starts 5 YR Annual Review

Posted on November 23, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The NC Common Core commission (known as the ASRC) tasked with reviewing Common Core and making recommendations for removal of the standards is coming to a close, DPI has announced it has begun it’s 5 year annual review of the NC standard course of study.

Common Core fighters, get ready. The fix is in. Continue reading →

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Parents, Do You Know What Goes On In Your Kid’s School? – #NCed

Posted on November 23, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Recently, I wrote an article for Civitas on a fight at Apex high that was caught on video and made the rounds on social media. When I looked deeper into Wake county schools and crime, I found that the police being called to area high schools was disturbingly common.

This is not an isolated set of events. This is going on all over North Carolina.

Keep the following information in mind as the creeping wave of practicing “restorative justice” in schools begins to swell. Also keep it in mind the next time you hear ‘school to prison pipeline’ being uttered.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Fed Lawsuit: Yes, ACT and College Board Can Sell Your Child’s Data

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

Yesterday, the news broke that the ACT and College Board had won a federal suit filed against them.

Yes, we can sell you kid’s data to third parties.. @michellemalkin @instapundit @manateespirit https://t.co/kUxYFB4W5I

— A.P. Dillon – LL1885 (@LadyLiberty1885) November 20, 2015

ACT and the College Board won. The kids and parents of America lost. Continue reading →

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