Category Archives: EDUCATION

Another Education “Non-profit”: EducationNC

Posted on January 14, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

On Monday, yet another ‘non-profit’ dealing with education was launched in North Carolina.

Officially launching EdNC – Including you in a conversation about our public schools – visit http://t.co/XfOgMONp4C to learn more #nced

— EducationNC (@EducationNC) January 12, 2015

I went digging:

@EducationNC How are you different from every other “non-profit” for education in NC funded by SAS, Goodnight, ZSmith? #ncpol #nced — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) January 12, 2015

This was the answer:

@LadyLiberty1885 @EducationNC is a nonpartisan news source engaging NC in a bipartisan conversation. Coming 1/13 pic.twitter.com/G4zj8EUajB

— Mebane Rash (@Mebane_Rash) January 12, 2015

“Nonpartisan”…right.

KEEP READING — See who EducationNC is & who supports them. Continue reading →

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Holshouser Legislators Retreat 2015

Posted on January 13, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The 2015 Governor Jim Holshouser Legislators Retreat took place yesterday. I managed to capture some of the topics via Twitter from the hashtag #HLR2015. The main theme gleaned from it appears to be your kids are “human capitol” which is the “life bud” of business:

Cheryl Oldham: Human capitol is the life bud of business. Need steady pipeline of talent & strong k-12 foundation. #HLR2015 @icwcheryl

— The Hunt Institute (@Hunt_Institute) January 12, 2015

All your kids are belong to them?

This event was by invitation only. From the Hunt Institute website:

2015 Governor Jim Holshouser Legislators Retreat
“Event attendance is by invitation only. If you have an invitation code, please enter it in the form to the right to view more information about this event.” Many NC legislators attended. Was yours there? Ask them.

Please see my Storify Article, Holshouser Legislators Retreat 2015, for more.

KEEP READING – VISIT THE STORIFY ARTICLE Continue reading →

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Gates Funded Start Up’s Director Is Tarheel Of The Week

Posted on January 13, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The News and Observer’s Tarheel of the Week is Tony Habit of NC New Schools. Anyone fighting Common Core in the state has heard both of those names at least a few times. Funnily enough, the N&O article doesn’t mention Common Core — at all.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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CASE 21 Tests In NC

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

Parents in various areas of North Carolina will have children facing the CASE 21 test in the coming weeks. My own child, a second grader, will be required to take this ‘benchmarking’ test.

I was unaware up until I saw a small comment on my child’s homework that CASE 21 was given to my child’s class the following week. State Board of Education members I spoke with about the test were also surprised this was being given in second grade.

Being the busy-body I am, I emailed our school with a list of questions and concerns

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Parents, Have You Taken Your Common Core Class?

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

Common Core Diva has turned up an interesting advertisement via the Stop Common Core NY Facebook group:
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The caption reads:

“This is from Suffolk Community College’s continuing education booklet. Parents have to take a course to learn how to help their children with their school/homework?? Stop the insanity!”

Parents being trained and educated in order to help their child with basic homework. Gee, sounds familiar. Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: The Fundamental Right To Homeschool

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

This is a reposting of my weekly column at Da Tech Guy: The Fundamental Right To Homeschool

By A.P. Dillon

The NY Times has an article out this week titled, “Home Schooling: More Pupils, Less Regulation”. The article focuses on changes in Pennsylvania, but this is an article that should give everyone pause.

The article’s main thrust is that homeschools are not regulated enough and deserve more oversight – by a government entity, of course. A loose translation of that might be ‘all your kids are belong to us’.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →