Tag Archives: Common Core

Common Core Public Relations 101

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

Uh oh, someone is bearing false witness again.
In response to a blog post I did over at StopCommonCoreNC.org about CCSSO President elect/NC State Superintendent Dr. Atkinson’s out of touch reply to a Tweet of mine, a parent copied and pasted a reply they received from Atkinson. Continue reading →

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Atkinson Accuses Common Core Opposition Of “Bearing False Witness”

Posted on April 19, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This past Wednesday, an attempt at a town hall for “Friends of Education” was held at Cox Mills High School in Cabarrus County. In the previous article, I touched on the comments made by Dr. Atkinson and said I would follow-up with more in another article. This is that article. For more details read: Town Hall Or Campaign Event?

Here’s a brief summary to bring readers up to speed:

Citizens who attended reported to me that in addition to a 15 minute speech by NC State Superintendent Dr. Atkinson followed by a short question and answer session, the event was begun with a campaign speech by Democrat Earle Schecter. Mr. Schecter made claims directly attacking his opponent Rep. Larry Pittman. This political speech identifying and attacking his opponent arguably qualify this “town hall” a campaign event. The public was notified of this “town hall” in the local online paper the day before, yet Democrats in the area were aware as early as April 5th. No Republican candidates were present or invited.

I also gave a quick look at a few of the comments made by Dr. Atkinson. This is where we pick up. The Independent Tribune has an article up, but it misses quite a bit of what was reported to me by attendees and instead, goes mostly with the teacher pay issue. Read it here, I’ll be referencing it later on. Continue reading →

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Town Hall Or Campaign Event?

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

Update: Welcome, Carolina Plott Hound Readers! On Wednesday evening at Cox Mills High School, there was a town hall meeting held. Or was it a Democrat campaign event? Hard to tell since it opened with a campaign speech yet closed … Continue reading →

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SCPS Newbie Policy Wonk’s Common Core Whiff

Posted on April 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I don’t have a lot of time to go over this article by an inexperienced policy wonk from South Carolina Policy Center (SCPC), Dillon Jones, that was published at The Daily Caller:
Why is a Franklin Ctr/Cato Institute Newbie Policy Wonk talking down to #CommonCore Opposition? http://t.co/zO5lNPEQwB #stopcommoncore

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) April 16, 2014 Continue reading →

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Corrections to Common Core’s Strange Bedfellows

Posted on March 28, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

It seems NC Policy Watch can no longer ignore the Common Core Controversy and have finally written about it. Not a bad stab at it and I was impressed to see the tie in with the financial incentives that went on in the adoption being mentioned, but there are some corrections and deeper explanations to be made. See below. Continue reading →

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Wake County Man Fires Back at News & Observer For Common Core Smears

Posted on March 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The News and Observer (N&O) recently published a staff Op-Ed taking aim at the opposition to Common Core after the last NC General Assembly Common Core LRC meeting. The N&O’s article was little more than a set of smears on those who spoke out at the meeting. The clear intent of that editorial was to make opposition to Common Core look like a bunch of conspiracy theory or religious nuts. We are not.

You can read my take-down of the N&O’s hit piece here:

@NewsObserver Pens Cherry Picking, Outlandish Op-Ed Attacking Common Core Opposition

The following is a letter I received and was given permission to publish here on the blog. It was sent to multiple parties involved in the ongoing controversy surrounding The Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. It was also sent to the N&O, however I have not seen it published yet. If it is, I will link it here.
I’d like to thank Mr. Bruno for sharing this with me and allowing me to post it on the blog.

The letter is as follows, unedited and in full: Continue reading →

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