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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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Jeb Bush’s 2016 Strategery: Insult Millions of Parents

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

In New Hampshire, Jeb Bush unveiled his new ‘strategery’: Insult millions of parents.

Implying millions of parents opposing CC don’t? => Bush defiant on Common Core in NH: ‘You need to have a backbone’ http://t.co/ZwFWbe7aJI

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) March 14, 2015

Interesting.

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Jeb Quits Saying ‘Common Core’. Hopes Parents Forget?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Jeb Bush and his Foundation for Excellence in Education have been one of the loudest proponents on Common Core.

Now Bush is running for president, headed to Iowa soon and he’s going silent on Common Core. Hoping voters forget? Not gonna happen.

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Common Core: How Many Teachers And Parents Have To Leave?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Another teacher has resigned over the Common Core testing.

This time it’s the winner of the top teacher award given out by the Live With Kelly And Michael show. This time the teacher is from Ohio.

“Gasps of disbelief” accompanied her announcement.

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 1-11-15

Posted on January 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for January 11th, 2015. This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina. Articles are organized by category. Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 1-4-15   NC … Continue reading →

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The 2016 PR Campaigns To Rehab Common Core Begin

Posted on January 2, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The PR campaigns to rehab Common Core before 2016 have begun. Having said that,
this is the most hilarious, talking point laden puff piece I’ve seen in a while:

Former Romney spokesman: Common Core popular in many quarters

The thrust of this article repeats the biggest talking point out there, that Common Core allows for ‘local control’. What’s more that McCoy’s assertion of ‘local control’ is somehow tied to how ‘popular’ Common Core is. We’ll get to the latter of that, first let’s talk ‘local control’.

Was Mr. McCoy intending to insult the intelligence of the reader?

To say that Common Core is about local control of any kind is to tell a whopper. Continue reading →

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