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NC #ASRC Handout has Author Missing

Posted on January 15, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In going over the December meeting materials from the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC), there was one handout that was missing any notation of who the author was.

This handout had a header on it that said, “Legislatively Required Standards Review Process in Other States”. A closer inspection of the original document’s properties showed it was authored by Michael Gilligan.

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#DM7 Article: Protests and Educators

Posted on December 21, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

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Postmortem: First Common Core Commission Meeting

Posted on September 23, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday was the first meeting of the Common Core Commission, officially known as the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC). It took place from 2 to 4 pm in a small conference room on the 4th floor of the Education building where the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is housed. By law, the commission is not supposed to meet at DPI but they split hairs just enough by holding it in the Construction office’s conference room.

At any rate, as I said, it was small and seating was tight for those who could get a chair. In fact, it was mainly standing room only with overflow into the hallway.

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Paging NC Governor McCrory: Penn. Governor Wants To Dump Common Core

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

Another Republican Governor joins the Common Core Opposition.

Paging @PatMcCroryNC => Pennsylvania Governor Latest To Turn On Common Core | The Daily Caller http://t.co/oxY7jRF2Fy #stopcommoncore

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) September 10, 2014

Corbett cited the loss of control and overreach by the federal government. Good for him. Common Core represents the loss of state sovereignty over education.

WHERE IS GOVERNOR MCCRORY?

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Gov. Walker: ‘If Reelected, I’ll Replace Common Core’

Posted on September 8, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This weekend, Scott Walker announced that if reelected he will replace Common Core. I’m sure the Common Core peddling Michael Brickman of the Fordham Institute is unhappy to hear that. Brickman was education adviser to Walker when Common Core was adopted. Brickman also did a song and dance at the NC legislature during the Common Core committee hearings. I also had a chat with him on Pete Kaliner’s show on WWNC.

WKOW.com:

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#DM7 Article: The NC Common Core Rebrand Attempt

Posted on August 31, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my weekly DaTechGuy article: The NC Common Core Rebrand Attempt

By A.P. Dillon

The repeal of Common Core from the North Carolina state statutes and the formation of a standards replacement commission as set out by Senate Bill 812 brought hope to the citizens who had been fighting Common Core. That hope was not without skepticism of a possible rebrand attempt, which has turned out to be justified by the comments made recently by North Carolina’s State Superintendent and Governor. Continue reading →

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