Category Archives: EDUCATION

Action Alert: COMMON CORE COMMISSION APPS DUE

Posted on August 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

ATTENTION COMMON CORE FIGHTERS —
If you have submissions to the Repeal Commission to make, DO THEM NOW. They are closing applications at the end of the week.
SEE BELOW:
Julie Garrison Lisella
Director of Boards and Commissions/Constituent Services
Office of the Speaker
Julie.Lisella@ncleg.net
FAX: 919-715-0772 Continue reading →

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Another Gates Backed Non-Profit PR Campaign

Posted on August 11, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The Pro-Common Core PR machine is back in gear. Look for a coordinated PR campaign on Twitter Tuesday using hashtag #SupportTheCore courtesy of Educators4Excellence.org — yet another non-profit backed by the Gates Foundation.

Get on the hashtag and rain truth bombs on their talking points parade. Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: The Lego Movie And Common Core

Posted on August 10, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my article at DaTechGuy Blog – The Lego Movie and Common Core   By A.P. Dillon I’ve touched on the thematic connection between the Lego Movie and Common Core once before. Having just re-watched it with … Continue reading →

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Buried Study Bombshell: Common Core Will Double Drop-Out Rate

Posted on August 10, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

In a 2013 study ordered by one of the monetary backers of Common Core, the Carnegie Corporation, a bombshell bit of results was buried: Common Core implementation would double the nation’s drop-out rate.

Take the following and the report with a grain of salt, the ones doing this survey are on Team Pro-Common Core. The report also has the flavor of supporting a sweeping re-brand or “re-design” attempt, which arguably will fail just as badly as the initial implementation.

Be sure to read the tweets mentioned in the first link at beginning of the article too. Excerpt from Scholastic Administrator, emphasis added below.

Carnegie’s Leah Hamilton and Anne Mackinnon, in Opportunity by Design, and the McKinsey Group estimate that the implementation of Common Core (without first establishing a level of systematic supports that would clearly be impossible) would double the nation’s dropout rate. Continue reading →

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Have You Heard Of APUSH?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Have you heard of APUSH?

APUSH stands for Advanced Placement United States History.

Many may recall having taken AP History, AP English or others when they were in High School. The AP courses have been around for decades, yet now are being changed in a radical manner.

The changes to APUSH are being handed down by Common Core Architect, David Coleman. scG-coleman-unqualifiedYes, the same David Coleman who was part of the collection of ‘unqualified’ people to write and develop education standards.

KEEP READING – YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION. Continue reading →

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Guilford Cty Schools Spends Almost $160k On Common Core Aligned Digital Media

Posted on August 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

At the behest of a reader who was upset to find their district using Common Core compliant technology tools and materials and that a brand new contract for more was recently completed. I did a Freedom of Information request for Guilford County Schools (GCS) regarding “Discovery Education”.

In response to my Freedom of Information request, I received a contract from GCS that detailed spending on streaming digital media for K-12. The contract total was just under $160k at $159, 802.00 for licensing. Was this done with Race To the Top money or public funds?

Discovery Education has aligned their streaming curricula to the Common Core. Parents should be aware that Guilford schools are using this material. Since it is streaming and done in the classroom, the child is seeing it and not the parents. Parents should also read the Discovery Education Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use for the Streaming feature. Continue reading →

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