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CCSSO Pres. Elect’s Statement on NC Move To Drop Common Core

Posted on April 24, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

NC State Superintendent and CCSSO President Elect JuneAtkinson was not on hand at the last meeting of the NC General Assembly’s Common Core study committee. It was odd that she would not be present at the event where the findings of the committee on her Common Core Standards were being read. Perhaps she didn’t want to tell the throng of reporters there this was all just a lot of bearing false witness.

Oh well, a press release is just as good, right? Emphasis is mine below. Continue reading →

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Common Core Conflicts Of Interest from Massachusetts to NC

Posted on April 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Well, as Common Core and the high stakes testing controversy heats up nationwide, more calls for accountability and of conflicts of interest emerge. We’ve seen Oklahoma Governor Fallin be called out for her dual role with the National Governors Association. This time in Massachusetts.

North Carolina has a similar conflict, as our State Superintendent of Education also serves as President Elect of the CCSSO – one of the two trade organizations responsible for Common Core and who hold the copyright on the standards. Continue reading →

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The Read To Achieve Debacle

Posted on March 18, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Kristin Blair at Carolina Journal has an article up this morning that points out the issues that have come along with Sen. Berger’s Read To Achieve law. There has been mass confusion on the new law, it’s roll out (which DPI was partly responsible for by the way) and complaints from educators that the reading passages contained in it are not appropriate for 3rd graders. Continue reading →

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Article: Who Does Gov. Mary Fallin Serve?

Posted on March 13, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve been harping on NC’s State Superintendent Dr. June Atkinson for her dual role as the President of the CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers), which is one of the two D.C. trade organizations who created the Common Core and of which hold the copyright on the Standards. The CCSSO was paired with the NGA (National Governors Association) and with the help of Achieve, Inc., the Common Core Standards were formed.

Truth In American Education has an op-ed up titled, Who Does Gov. Mary Fallin Serve? that takes aim at Fallin for serving both as Governor of Oklahoma and the Chair of the NGA. Oklahoma has had several bills bubble up addressing Common Core, only to have amendments neutering them crop up. It’s happened again: Continue reading →

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@DrJuneAtkinson, It’s time for the CCSSO to #ReleaseTheFiles

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

Last month, I called for transparency from NC State Superintendent Atkinson, as the president of the CCSSO (Council Of Chief State School Officers) to release their files on the Common Core. Specifically, the closed door meeting sessions of the validation committee.

For the uninitiated, the validation committee for the Common Core were forced to sign confidentiality agreements and their meeting were held in private, denying citizens much needed transparency. I am again calling for the CCSSO to release the files. Continue reading →

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