The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction continues to solicit comments for its second revision of the Kindergarten through 8th grade math standards. If you want to ... Keep Reading
Common Core
Common Core: battle not over yet
If you thought the debate over Common Core Standards was over; think again. It may be only starting - again. Earlier this week, the State Board of Education adopted proposed ... Keep Reading
Legislators Demand Action Against Common Core
Two months after the Academic Standards Review Commission issued its final report, the fate of Common Core in North Carolina is far from settled. The State Board of Education ... Keep Reading
Project Veritas Investigates Common Core: “It’s about the Money”
by A.P. Dillon Earlier this week , Project Veritas, the investigative journalism outfit led by James O’Keefe and known for explosive undercover videos, released ... Keep Reading
NC Common Core Commission Takes a Dive
by A.P. Dillon On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) was tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core ... Keep Reading
NC Common Core Commission Wraps Up 15 Month Investigation
By A.P. Dillon Today is the final meeting of the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC). The ASRC was tasked by General Assembly Senate Bill 812 with investigating Common ... Keep Reading
Five Thoughts from Our Recent Poll Results
How do North Carolinians feel about their schools and how their children are educated? The November Civitas Poll provided plenty of good information about those topics. So what did ... Keep Reading
N&O Wages War on Standards Review Commission
Commentary from Civitas contributor A.P. Dillon. Over the last few weeks, the Raleigh News and Observer (along with its sister outlet, the Charlotte Observer) has been waging ... Keep Reading
Support for Common Core Blinds N&O Editors
The News & Observer is doing its darnedest to ignore the growing criticism of Common Core standards. The paper’s recent editorial “Defending Common Core” was an exercise in ... Keep Reading
Executive Overreach and the Opt Out Movement
Today, I'm excited to join the likes of attorney Jay Sekulow and U.S. Senator Mike Lee in contributing to Constituting America, a project of conservative leaders Janine Turner and ... Keep Reading
