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RESOLUTION OPPOSING COMMON CORE

by Diane Rufino, Deputy Director of the NC Tenth Amendment Center and Resolutions Chair of the Pitt County GOP.  The following resolution will be presented at the 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention on March 8. RESOLUTION OPPOSING COMMON CORE EDUCATION … Continue reading

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Two Ways of Educating

          by  Diane Rufino, December 24, 2013 At some schools, usually independent (not accepting federal dollars) and religious, students read old books, including Plato’s Republic.  In the Republic, they read the story of Gyges’ ring that makes the … Continue reading

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NORTH CAROLINA: Stand Up to Common Core Now!

      by Diane Rufino At the “core” of Common Core is government control, both of students and States. Please join the state-wide effort to resist the implementation of Common Core in North Carolina.  Of course, I hope this article … Continue reading

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RESOLUTION OPPOSING COMMON CORE

I wrote the following resolution to adopt in my legislative district which would then be passed on to our state Board of Education members and to our legislators who continue to support Common Core in North Carolina — I hope … Continue reading

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“Common Core” or “Rotten to the Core” — You Decide

by Diane Rufino Common Core is an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 45 states that have adopted it. Common Core eliminates local control … Continue reading

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