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Dr. June Atkinson

Spin Cycle, Anyone?!

2016-11-12
By: Lynne Taylor
On: November 12, 2016
In: Weekend News

Between ESSA, WIOA, HEA, and College/Career Readiness, America’s getting hung out to dry.Continue Reading

Bees in NC’s Bonnet, Parts 1 and 2

2016-10-05
By: Lynne Taylor
On: October 5, 2016
In: From the Files Tuesday, Would You Believe It Wednesday

Local led? It doesn’t always mean what you think it does.
See how NC’s ‘breeding’ for the CCSS Machine is impacting the USA.Continue Reading

Digitally “Fried”

2016-08-27
By: Lynne Taylor
On: August 27, 2016
In: Breaking News!, Weekend News

Read, share, and grab a sack of anti CCSS/ESSA spuds.Continue Reading

ESSA and Teacher Pay

2016-02-18
By: Lynne Taylor
On: February 18, 2016
In: Tech Thursdays

In the shift from one federal education law to another, we need to know how the CCSS Machine is going to pay our teachers. More specifically, how the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) will reward, or punish, them. In the picture above, you can see the comparison between the ESSA’sContinue Reading

Weekend News: Looking at the 2016 NC Primary, Part One

2016-01-17
By: Lynne Taylor
On: January 17, 2016
In: Weekend News

Greetings this weekend, my trusted anti CCSS Warriors (To be more accurate since the ESSA{Every Student Succeeds Act} passed into law, maybe I should refer to you as the CCSS*/CTE*/CCR* Warriors? But no matter what label is slapped over the ‘CCSS’, peel them back and it is STILL Common Core!)Continue Reading

RMT: Don’t Look Now, NC! CCSS/CTE Overload!

2015-07-19
By: Lynne Taylor
On: July 19, 2015
In: Riddle Me This Sunday

While all our heads were turned toward D.C. this past week, our states kept rolling on in their CCSS/CTE ways. The ‘riddle’ today (since it is “Riddle Me This” Sunday) is “What did NC get while while ESEA re-vamping was happening in Washington, D.C.?” In short, the answer is ‘CCSS/CTEContinue Reading

FOM: A “New” CCS (Coalition for Community Schools)

2015-06-19
By: Lynne Taylor
On: June 19, 2015
In: Fib-o-Meter Friday

The “Fib-o-Meter” is back and ready to bust open the fallacies, fibs, half truths, or whole truths about the OTHER CCS (Common Core Standards). Today’s look is into the IEL (Institute for Educational Leadership) and its CCS (Coalition for Community Schools). Is it tied to the Common Core? If so,Continue Reading

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