Category Archives: EDUCATION

‘Unschooling’ Can Have More Than One Definition

Posted on September 6, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Homeschooling is booming nationwide.

Over at Instapundit, Sarah Hoyt has an article linked about the subtle difference between Homeschooling and ‘Unschooling’.

The article has one definition of unschooling, but I have a different definition. Continue reading →

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A Look at NC’s 2015 SAT Scores – #NCED

Posted on September 4, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

North Carolina’s ACT scores were ‘stagnant‘ and in the area of minority student scores, the ACT scores showed drops. Now, the SAT scores for NC are out and they resemble results we saw with the ACT. One has to ask, how our … Continue reading →

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Progress NC Continues Politically Motivated Propaganda Push – #NCED

Posted on September 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Progress NC, the far left activist group and partner of Blueprint NC, is still pushing politically motivated and hyperbolic rhetoric when it comes to NC education.

This is the same stuff we saw back in 2013.

KEEP READING…. CRIPPLE, EVISCERATE, SLAM… Continue reading →

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A Look At The 2015 NC ACT Scores – #NCed

Posted on September 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

  The 2015 ACT Scores are out and five years after the introduction and implementation of Common Core, the scores are ‘stagnant’. “The needle is barely moving on college and career readiness, and that means far too many young people … Continue reading →

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Pearson Is Everywhere: PARCC Contract Stays Alive In New Mexico

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

Welcome back to Pearson is Everywhere.

Today, we have an update on the lawsuit filed by American Institutes for Research (AIR) against New Mexico that claimed there was bid rigging involved with the award of the Common Core testing contract to Pearson. Continue reading →

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#SJW Gene Nichol’s Latest “Education” Op Ed

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

Gene Nichol never ceases to amaze me with his works of education fiction.

The touchy-feely emotion invoking way in which this latest Nichol endeavor is written gives permission to the reader to ignore who he is and what the facts really are.

Liberal Op Ed writing 101 is now in session with this flaming piece of spin is titled, “NC Teachers being ‘voluntarily’ exploited”. Continue reading →

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