Category Archives: EDUCATION

FOIA: NC Chamber Pushing ASRC To Consider Rebrands Like Florida

Posted on March 12, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

A Freedom of Information Act request sent to New Hanover County School System has yielded a letter sent by Gary Salimido of the NC Chamber of Commerce to the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC). The letter from Salamido … Continue reading →

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Sen. Tillman On Opportunity Scholarships – Watch Out For Muslim Schools?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

What the parents think is right for their child? Not really a factor for the Senator, apparently.

His main focus seems to be on “Muslim schools”. He stopped short of calling them “Schools of Terror” like NC Superintendent June Atkinson did.

Someone ask the Senator how many of those “Muslim schools” there are in North Carolina and whether those parents should be able to decide as to which school their kids go to learn. Here’s a hint – you can probably county them on your fingers.

By the way, here’s the law regulating private schools. There are plenty of regulations in place.

From Sen. Tillman’s weekly newsletter:

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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NC Common Core Commission Meets March 16th

Posted on March 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) will be March 16th.

If there is one meeting you get to for the ASRC, this one is it.
See: NC ASRC Press Release For March 16th Meeting: Stotsky, Milgram To Attend Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Whiplash

Posted on March 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

If you’re a Wake county parent, you know about the snow day make-up debacle and the Wake County School Board has likely given you whiplash over it.

Wake County Schools (WCPSS) incurred 8 days of snow days in a two-week period in February.

The first round of make-up days sucked up early release days, teacher work days and for some tracked calendar schools, tacked on a Saturday class which was promptly canceled due to weather.

Traditional calendar schools make-up days, somehow, were harder to calculate.

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NC Public School Forum ‘Eggs and Issues’ – Pushing Common Core

Posted on March 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Last month the NC Public School Forum hosted an event called ‘Eggs and Issues’, which covered education topics.

NC SPIN did a special taping of the event.

Common Core conversation started around the 22:30 mark…. Continue reading →

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 03-08-15

Posted on March 8, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for March 8, 2015.

This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina.

Articles are organized by category.

Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 02-22-15

* Last weekend, the CC weekend reads were not available. This edition will be longer than usual to include some news that should have been included on 3-1-15. Continue reading →

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