Tag: common core

#ncga: Rabon, Cobey & GOPe cronies come out of closet for Grange

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh is making it clear who they want to succeed Rick Catlin in Wilmington-centered house district 20. Our pal Lady Liberty has managed to get a copy of an invite

#ncga: Anti-common-core warrior princess seeks to replace Apodaca in Senate

Posted on December 22, 2015December 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Folks in New Hanover County have Tammy Covil. Out in the Asheville area, they’ve now got former county board of education member Lisa Baldwin. Covil and Baldwin have each made

Ellmers cheerleading for No Child Left Behind reauthorization

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Tea Party and anti-Common Core activists are up in arms over the proposed Student Success Act (HR 5) under consideration in the Congress. The legislation basically extends the life of

#ncga: Common Core, coal ash commissions (and their price tags)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand

Allah Akbar, y’all!

Posted on December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

JihadWatch, a site aimed at calling out Islamic extremists here and abroad, is highlighting a rather disturbing story out of Pitt County: “We discovered that the vocabulary lesson was taken

Chmn of state common core review commission — apppointed by Gov. Pat — is BIG FAN of Common Core

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Ruh-roh. State legislators organized a commission to review public school curriculum standards and make a recommendation to the state Board of Education and General Assembly. This was seen by many

#NCGA: Tillman says Common Core deal VERY CLOSE

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State senator Jerry Tillman, the majority whip and NCGA Republicans’ leading voice on education issues, says he is confident the House and Senate will have their differences ironed out within

#NCGA: Tillman defends Senate bill from criticisms by Common Core opponents

Posted on June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), that chamber’s majority whip and leading voice on education policy, has stepped up in defense of anti-Common Core legislation he shepherded through the Senate. Tillman told

#NCGA: A Common Core food fight?

Posted on June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Want to send blood pressure readings through the roof? Mention those two magical C-words among a crowd of people and stand back to watch the ensuing fireworks. Common Core is

Edu-crats keep pumping out skulls-of-mush. Woe unto our state and nation.

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It’s graduation season. Public and private schools across the country are turning out freshly-indoctrinated young people into the workforce. I had the chance to encounter one of these young people