Tag Archives: North Carolina

Behind The Common Core Curtain In NC – Part 4

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

This is part Four in a Guest Post series on Common Core. Read Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
This is an important look behind the Curtain of Common Core in North Carolina. Continue reading →

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Behind The Common Core Curtain – Part 3

Posted on August 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is part three in a Guest Post series on Common Core. Read Part One and Part Two.
This is an important look behind the Curtain of Common Core in North Carolina. Continue reading →

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Behind The Common Core Curtain In NC – Part 2

Posted on August 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is part two in a Guest Post series on Common Core. Read Part One.
This is an important look behind the Curtain of Common Core in North Carolina. Continue reading →

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Behind The Common Core Curtain In NC -PT 1

Posted on August 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This article  and the following installments are Guest Posts by a North Carolina Educator. This is an important look behind the Curtain of Common Core in North Carolina.   The writer is a School Counselor in NC public schools. Part … Continue reading →

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Letter: Common Core Erodes Kids’ Love Of Learning

Posted on July 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

As seen in the Mooresville Tribune: Common Core Erodes Kid’s Love Of Learning.

The letter to the editor begins in the middle of page 9A and continues to 10A. It is not available yet on their website, but instead in their e-edition.

The author has sent me her original copy, which includes text regarding Dr. Sandra Stotsky the Mooresville Tribune did not include. The title was also changed.

Read the whole thing here: Continue reading →

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Common Core Aligned: ACT Replacing Tests With “Aspire”

Posted on July 2, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Common Core aligned ACT and WorkKeys. Here’s a quick refresher from that article on what WorkKeys is and how this is impacting NC:
WorkKeys is developed by ACT, the college admissions testing group. WorkKeys is described like this on their site:

“ACT WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. This series of tests measures foundational and soft skills and offers specialized assessments to target institutional needs.”

NC uses these ACT tests – According to the ACT site, there are four ways to find out what job is the right one (starting in 8th grade) in North Carolina: EXPLORE, PLAN, WORKKEYS, ACT.

EXPLORE is about to go Bye Bye — read what is replacing it and how Pearson is partnering to push it out. Continue reading →

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