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NY Ed Officials Used Common Core Math To Tally Opt Outs?

Some education officials in New York are blaming a 'coding error' in their database for the reason why they only reported that 1,925 students opted out of Common Core tied Math and English language...

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#DM7 Article: Back To School – At Home and Opting Out

This is a reposting of my DaTechGuy article: Back To School - At Home and Opting Out By A.P. Dillon Millions of kids head back to school soon. Many have already begun the new school year. In many...

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Opting Out Of Tests In North Carolina

Opting out of high stakes testing has begun sweeping through the states. More and more parents are choosing to have their child refuse the tests. This movement has started to hit North Carolina....

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NC Governor’s Video Has Your Spit-take Of The Week

Governor McCrory is clearly getting on the campaign horse as evidenced by this touchy-feely video on education. Near the end of the video, McCrory makes the following statement: "The biggest piece of...

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#MoralMonday Coming to New Mexico

The American Federation of Teachers of New Mexico (AFT-NM) and the National Education Association of New Mexico (NEA-NM) have announced the 'United Voices for our Students rally' in Santa Fe on...

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 4-19-15

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for April 19, 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...

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Pearson Is Everywhere: Over 175k Opt Out of Pearson PARCC in NY

Welcome back to another installment of Pearson Is Everywhere! Last time, we looked at Pearson getting dumped by LAUSD in California. Today, we get a look at the over 175,000 students who opted out of...

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The Common Core Weekend Reads – 4-25-15

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for April 25, 2015. This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina. Articles are organized by category. Continue...

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Is It Time To #OptOut In North Carolina?

In New York, 190,836 students opted out of the state's Common Core ELA aligned test. The Opt Out rate at Nathan Hale High school in Seattle, Washington for the SBAC test was 100%. The entire 11th grade...

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NC Citizens Sound Off On Need For #OptOut

Over the weekend, I wrote about the fact that perhaps it was time for the #OptOut movement to take shape in North Carolina. On Saturday, the News and Observer published an article by Mary Nelson of...

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#KingDuncan Has Spoken! Threatens Peasants That The Government Will ‘Step In’

In case you missed it, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has expanded on his colorful rhetoric aimed at the peasants a.k.a, parents. No longer is the 'white suburban mom' the target of his umbrage....

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Parent Asks DPI: What’s the exit mechanism for EOG?

There was an interesting exchange on Twitter regarding opting out of the EOG in North Carolina. It was launched by this tweet, in which the user tagged NC's Superintendent and CCSSO President, Dr....

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Feds to Oregon: Nice Funding ya got there, be a shame if anything happened to it

‘Nice funding ya, got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.’ That’s what the Department of Education is basically saying to Oregon over the state’s Bill 2655. The federal government has leveled...

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