Category Archives: EDUCATION

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 02-22-15

Posted on February 22, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for February 22, 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: 2-15-15 Continue reading →

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Alamance Burlington Schools Keep Harrison As Supt. for $245k plus

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

The Alamance Burlington School district will retain Superintendent William Harrison for two more years. Harrison will be paid $245,000 a year.

Harrison will receive an additional payment of $85,000 coming from ‘private donations’. That sounds sketchy.

Excerpt from Times News: Continue reading →

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More Proof Moms Are Wiping the Floor with Policy Wonks

Posted on February 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Today, the PR firm, EducationNC, has an article by Public Schools Forum NC’s Keith Poston.

It is a rather long post, littered with inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Common Core opposition. The entire piece is based on the false assumption Common Core are higher standards.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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Surveys and Common Core Commission Funding

Posted on February 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Daily Haymaker has an article up on the coal ash/Common Core commission funding bill, which is SB 14. Haymaker seems a little stressed out that $275k was allotted. I’m not. The commission has to work over the course of a year, handling what in essence is an educational and political hydra.

Haymaker also points out that the bill bans the commission from contracting third parties or services for surveys. That’s section four of the bill.

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First things first. This section of the bill is clearly meant to keep the commission from really finding out what the people think as it makes reference to the legislative research committee (LRC). A committee, by the way, which didn’t fulfill it’s task. The financial and legal analyses do not appear to have been done. If they have, they were not made public.

Yeah, that “two hours” of stakeholder opinion? That was 60 people getting to speak for a whole huge 2 minutes.

KEEP READING.. Continue reading →

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Kasich Goes to SC, Insults Millions

Posted on February 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Ohio Governor John Kasich was recently in South Carolina. Kasich talked about all kinds of hot button issues — immigration, budget, Islamic state, gun rights.

The one topic he tried to dodge is the one thing that is going to characterize his visit: Common Core.

“That is not something that Barack Obama is putting together. … It’s local school boards developing local curriculum to meet higher standards. I cannot figure out what’s wrong with that. …

KEEP READING… THERE’S MORE TO THAT QUOTE. Continue reading →

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Common Core Aligned: ‘Scaffolding Apps’

Posted on February 18, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

“…to create just these kinds of tests—next-generation assessments aligned to the common core. When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curriculum will line up as well—and that will unleash powerful market forces in the service of better teaching.”
– Bill Gates, 2009 Speech To Natl. Conf. of State Legislatures

The goal is to align everything so that students and the money have nowhere to go but Common Core.

9 Apps For Scaffolding… Continue reading →

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