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Educrats, Ed Reformers and their well-funded Potemkin Villages

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

Common Core supporters are ginning up their own love of Common Core – again.
The echo-chamber of Common Core support is swinging into action via an ever-increasing proliferation of ‘education non-profits’.

These ‘education non-profits’ receive grants and contributions from other ‘education non-profits’, who receive money from other ‘education non-profits’ and so on.

The idea is to create a web or network of Common Core supporting groups to give the appearance that support for the standards is bigger than it actually is.

This creation and funding of multiple supporting groups are much like a Potemkin village. They are used, in essence, to carpet bomb opposition. This is a common political tactic used during election cycles to sway public opinion.

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#WCPSS Updates: MVP Math, Reassignment plan, Restart Status and a Brain Drain

Posted on August 10, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

Welcome to the first WCPSS updates article. I usually roll Wake County Public Schools up into my NCED updates articles, but lately, the district has had enough news to generate its own edition.  This edition will cover MVP Math updates, reassignment plan, restart status declarations and a ‘brain drain’. Continue reading →

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#NCED Quick Hits: Supt. Budget, School Crime, Mental Health Screening Bill

Posted on March 9, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

Some quick education hits from the last few weeks include a  mental health screening study bill, Superintendent Mark Johnson’s budget, and the annual school crime report. Also, a long-running education legal case pay-day is postponed and more. Continue reading →

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Dear Red4EdNC – Stop The Gaslighting

Posted on August 25, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

What Red4EdNC is not: organic or grassroots.
What Red4EdNC is:  A politically partisan “education non-profit” formed by NCAE members and members of the NCAE’s radical Social Justice Caucus, Organize 2020. Continue reading →

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New Education “Non-Profit” Brings Jeb! To Raleigh

Posted on July 9, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, another “education non-profit” is born. This time it’s in North Carolina’s own backyard and appears to involve NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson and featuring an appearance by Jeb! Continue reading →

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Districts Knew About Class Size Changes. Protest Them, Not NCGA.

Posted on January 8, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

For the better part of the last three decades, school administrators and teachers have begged for smaller class sizes – especially in K-3 classrooms. Now they are protesting over getting what they want. Why?  Continue reading →

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Common Core Cheerleading Group Gets Mult-Million Dollar Gates Foundation Grant

Posted on August 10, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

An education non-profit known for recruiting teachers to promote Common Core in the political arena has received a large grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In June of 2016, Hope Street Group received a grant for $2,650,003 for the purpose of ‘training teachers on policy’ and working on ‘perception improvements’. Continue reading →

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