Category Archives: EDUCATION

Have NC Teachers Done The DPI Common Core Survey Yet?

Posted on November 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The day after the last Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission meeting, a survey went out from NC Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI) to North Carolina teachers.

Given how busy our teachers are, I’m betting more than not deleted the email. It’s also interesting that this survey is an open link that anyone can enter data into. One has to ask how accurate and scientific the results will be.

One has to wonder why this wasn’t done prior to adoption and implementation? If it was, where are those results? Maybe they did and circular filed it along with the CommonCoreStandards.org feedback?

Oh, by the way, one has to enter data in every field in order to advance to the next page of this survey it seems. Way to discourage people from completing it!

This is the email I obtained that went out to NC Teachers:

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All Your Toddlers Are Belong To Us

Posted on November 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The Obama administration is moving forward this December to make sure that all your toddlers are belong to us.

All your toddlers are belong to us. https://t.co/sjjPpGEDHt @michellemalkin

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 6, 2014

The embedded tweet above was from Valerie Jarrett:

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WRAL’s Cullen Browder Digs Into Questionable Spending By Ed Official

Posted on November 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

WRAL’s Cullen Browder dug into the questionable spending habits of former Granville Superintendent Tim Farley. The report included some pretty interesting stuff.

Here’s the meat of the story:

WRAL Investigates reviewed statements for the five credit cards and found thousands of dollars in technology purchases, convertible sports car rentals, two spa charges at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, an online order for a 12-pack of Heineken BeerTender Tubes, an Amazon Prime membership, non-itemized receipts from restaurants such as Dugans Pub, Atlantic Beer Garden and Whiskey Priest, and other purchases that appeared questionable. – WRAL, 11/5/14, Convertibles, beer tubes, spa: Auditors probing Granville schools’ spending

I sincerely hope Mr. Browder doesn’t stop there.

@CullenBrowder don’t stop here. #wake => Convertibles, beer tubes, spa: Auditors probing Granville schools’ spending http://t.co/S0CbfyaTLe

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 6, 2014

Here are some places Mr. Browder could start and I am sure expand on:

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An Update On That CMS Sales Tax Referendum

Posted on November 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Over the last month, I’ve been noting the politicking in our schools in part of the state over a sales tax referendum. That referendum didn’t pass. Color me shocked that no one wanted their taxes increased.

The referendum failed by a 3-2 margin according to the Charlotte Observer. Despite all that noise and fury, voters said ‘No’:

‘No’ votes outnumbered support for the increase by 61 percent to 39 percent with most precincts reporting, a margin that had held steady from the earliest returns. – Charlotte Observer, 11/4/14, Mecklenburg sales tax: Failed by 3-2 margin

WCNC had a breakdown of the proposal:

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Politicking In Our Schools: Olde Providence Elementary

Posted on November 3, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve written about Olde Providence and their penchant for politicking using school resources before and they are doing it again.
This time it is in an email blast which went out to parents on the 30th. See below.

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Chamber Watch: High Achievement NY Coalition

Posted on November 3, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Chamber Watch: Keeping an eye on the Chambers of Commerce Core Today’s Article: Coalition Supports Common Core Related Read:  High Achievement NY: Common Core Must Work Because We Don’t Want to Face Arne   “BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – With the Common Core … Continue reading →

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