No, Secretary DeVos, Common Core is not “dead.”

I’ve received a barrage of emails, Facebook messages, and calls about Education Secretary DeVos’ recent speech where she made a claim that Common Core was “dead.”

It is not dead. Nor will it be until the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is dead.

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Governor Who Vetoed State Budget ‘Disappointed’ in #SchumerShutdown

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was ‘disappointed’ in Congress for not meeting the “very basic obligation of funding the government.”

Yet he vetoed meeting the very basic obligation of funding the North Carolina government last year.

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NC Middle School Teacher Sentenced to 8 Months for Soliciting Sex from Student

A former North Carolina middle school teacher-in-training has been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from a male student.

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Warrant Issued for Cabarrus Charter Upper School Teacher

According to Cabarrus police, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Cabarrus Charter Upper School teacher.

Authorities are looking for Helena Hunter, who is a special education reading teacher in connection with footage of the teacher kicking a special needs student on December 4, 2017.

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SPLC has become what they started out fighting against.

I’ve written a number of articles on the Southern Poverty Law Center.  In fact, I’ve written extensively on SPLC’s infiltration into our children’s classrooms through their ‘education arm’ called Teaching Tolerance.

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Here We Go Again On Confederate Monuments

Here we go again with the Confederate monument removal business.

Committee in place to examine Cooper’s Confederate monument request

The state Historical Commission announced Friday its five members to serve on the committee to study what actions the full commission can take. The committee’s first meeting is Jan. 22. It’s supposed to report to the full commission in April.

Most of us had forgotten that Governor Ray had requested the removal of three monuments.  These statues have stood on the Capitol grounds in Raleigh for a combined 330 years.

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