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NC Chamber Letter Passed To ASRC By Professional Lobbyist

Posted on March 14, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In case you missed it this week, The NC Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Co-Chairs of the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission pushing for a Florida-like rebrand.

Co-Chair Tammy Covil replied, which prompted the NC Chamber’s Gary Salamido to play the game of trying to get the last word in by sending another letter. The second letter was a case study in condescending tunnel-vision.

Well, I took a look at the FOIA for the first letter again. It was not sent directly by Gary Salamido, but instead by a professional lobbyist name Andrew Meehan.

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BEST NC Releases Their “2020 Vision” For NC Education

Posted on February 6, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

In December it was revealed that behind the scenes, legislators, education officials, think tanks and various non-profits we holding closed-door meetings at SAS, which were being organized by the SAS tied Education non-profit, BEST NC. [Read: BEST NC’s 2020 Vision Initiative]

This series of meetings, held out of the public eye, had a goal of producing a set of ‘topline recommendations’ for education in North Carolina. These recommendations, known as the “Vision 2020 Initiative” were to be rolled out sometime at the end of January according to conversations I had with various participants and with the CEO of BEST NC, Brenda Berg.

January came and went and February is now upon us. I’ve been keeping an eye on the BEST NCsite, but didn’t see the report anywhere. The “2020 Vision Initiative” report emerged yesterday — on the EducationNC site. The report itself, however, hangs off of BEST NC’s site. I’m sure I’ll have more to say on it once I dig into it.

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Another Education “Non-profit”: EducationNC

Posted on January 14, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

On Monday, yet another ‘non-profit’ dealing with education was launched in North Carolina.

Officially launching EdNC – Including you in a conversation about our public schools – visit http://t.co/XfOgMONp4C to learn more #nced

— EducationNC (@EducationNC) January 12, 2015

I went digging:

@EducationNC How are you different from every other “non-profit” for education in NC funded by SAS, Goodnight, ZSmith? #ncpol #nced — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) January 12, 2015

This was the answer:

@LadyLiberty1885 @EducationNC is a nonpartisan news source engaging NC in a bipartisan conversation. Coming 1/13 pic.twitter.com/G4zj8EUajB

— Mebane Rash (@Mebane_Rash) January 12, 2015

“Nonpartisan”…right.

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NC Public Schools Forum Hosting ‘Key Education Issues’ Breakfast

Posted on January 5, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

NC Spin is apparently doing a live taping of this event and the line-up including Academic Standards Review Commission Co-Chair, Andre Peek. Also in the mix are Rep. Horn and John Hood of John Locke Foundation, both of whom are involved with BEST NC’s “2020 Vision Initiative”.

Parents who can attend this should do so.

See below.

2015 Eggs & Issues Breakfast

Hosted by NC Public Schools Forum

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BEST NC’s 2020 Vision Initiative

Posted on December 22, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Common Core was discussed in North Carolina’s legislature starting in 2013 and running through 2014. The result of the discussion, meetings, hearings and testimony was Senate Bill 812. This bill ordered an appointed commission (ASRC) to review and replace the Common … Continue reading →

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