Category Archives: EDUCATION

Important Concerns With #HB660 – Transition To Personalized Digital Learning

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

Education bills have stacked up at the NC General Assembly. There are currently over 200 bills related to education that have been filed.
One bill filed is HB 660 – Transition To Personalized Digital Learning. This bill is being heard at the legislature today.

Over at StopCommonCoreNC.org, there is an article about this bill. Please, go read it.

KEEP READING… THERE IS MORE – Including HB 847 and Objections to fundamental parent rights…. Continue reading →

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Public Comments on Proposed $1.4 Billion Wake Cty Schools Budget (Video)

Posted on April 28, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

On April 21st, the Wake County School board heard public comment on the proposed $1.4 billion dollar Wake school system budget.

Thanks to WCPSS on Twitter, the portion of the video that shows the public comment starts around the 19 minute mark.

Not a single person opposed this $1.4 Billion budget, nor did they ask for a full accounting of the current budget and expenditures. Continue reading →

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#HB673 – “Modify Read to Achieve” In K12 Committee Today

Posted on April 28, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The controversial and ill-implemented Read To Achieve program might be getting a face-list. HB 673 will be heard this morning by the K-12 House Education Committee.

While Republican legislators came up with this idea (courtesy of listening to Jeb Bush), NC’s Department of Public Instruction clearly botched the implementation.

Read to Achieve arguably has admirable intentions, but then again, so did Common Core and look at what a steaming pile that has turned out to be.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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NC Citizens Sound Off On Need For #OptOut

Posted on April 27, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Over the weekend, I wrote about the fact that perhaps it was time for the #OptOut movement to take shape in North Carolina.

On Saturday, the News and Observer published an article by Mary Nelson of Guilford county. Read it here: Why NC needs an opt-out option for school testing.

Parental rights are disappearing; by virtue of your child being in public school, educrats and the state are usurping the rights of parents to direct their child’s education.

A second, related letter has been sent to me by the NC Academic Freedom Alliance. Common Core is at the root of the over-testing of our children and it will only get worse.

Duke Report Drives False Narrative That Charter Schools Cause Segregation

Posted on April 27, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Here is the latest narrative being pushed in an attempt to stem the exodus from public schools into charter schools:

Wow, new low WaPo. #nced #schoolchoice White parents in NC are using charter schools to secede from education system http://t.co/B1pUcwy4LN

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) April 15, 2015

Got that?
The Duke University report wants you to know that if you’re white and put your kid in a charter school, you’re adding to segregation. The subtext here is that by choosing a charter school, these parents are racists.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →