Category Archives: EDUCATION

Follow-Up: Another NC Reading Assignment Questioned

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

At the end of last month, I wrote about a former Buncombe School Board member questioning a reading assignment given to their child for an Honors class.

That board member is Lisa Baldwin and her scenario regarding the book The Kite Runner is a shining example of why I have begun blogging about parental rights in education in North Carolina.

Baldwin’s objections to The Kite Runner saw some traction and press from the Asheville-Citizen Times, but as is typical in NC media, the outlet didn’t tell the whole story. The Asheville Citizens times left out key pieces, which Baldwin corrects on her blog in the article, What The Asheville Citizen-Times Didn’t Disclose…

KEEP READING — BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DIDN’T LAST TIME.
READING… ‘IT’S FUNDAMENTAL’… Continue reading →

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Has Our Education System Become The Post Office?

Posted on May 1, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Over the last few years, I’ve taken note of a trend in our public education system. That trend mimics the federal government on a number of levels. These levels include, but are not limited to: Disintegrating transparency; not just at … Continue reading →

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Another NC Reading Assignment Questioned

Posted on April 30, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Former Buncombe School board member, Lisa Baldwin, recently raised an issue with school staff at her child’s high school.

The reading assignment was the book, The Kite Runner, and was given to her child in their 10th grade Honors English class.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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#KingDuncan Has Spoken! Threatens Peasants That The Government Will ‘Step In’

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

In case you missed it, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has expanded on his colorful rhetoric aimed at the peasants a.k.a, parents.

No longer is the ‘white suburban mom’ the target of his umbrage. Now any parent opting their kids out of the Common Core tests is fair game.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Electronic Monitors Aren’t Just For Adults Anymore

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

A variety of criminals are given electronic monitors to track their activities as a condition of parole and probation. These monitors have typically been on adult criminal offenders.
Not anymore.

WSCOTV is reporting that right here in North Carolina, the number of kids with these type of monitors on has “skyrocketed”.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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Student ‘Health Assessment’ Helps ‘Track the Fat Kids’. Bonus: US is a Democracy?

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

I’ve warned people for a while now about HB 13 (Amend School Health Assessment Requirement) and the ramifications of the parental ‘consent’ signature block on the health form that the bill references.

Parents have been signing away the confidentiality between their child’s doctor to allow DHHS and DPI to contact the provider directly.
Now the data is being used to ‘track the fat kids’.

Why is education involved in the health profession? Why are kids failing basic information in courses like History and Civics ?

KEEP READING — You won’t believe what one national education official said about the priorities in Social studies… Continue reading →

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