<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[LL1885]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://ladyliberty1885.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[A.P. Dillon]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ladyliberty1885.com/author/ladyliberty1885/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[CCSSO President/NC Superintendent Elect To Become Longest Serving&nbsp;Educrat]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[NC's Superintendent who is also the confirmed new CCSSO President is about to become the longest termed Superintendent in the country.  Atkinson was CCSSO President-elect up until the 14th of November.

 

According to @StateEdWatch, @DrJuneAtkinson soon to become nation's longest tenured state K-12 chief. http://t.co/NQ9bFyO13z

— JC Considine (@ConsidineJC) November 14, 2014

 

According to @StateEdWatch, @DrJuneAtkinson soon to become nation's longest tenured state K-12 chief. http://t.co/NQ9bFyO13z

— JC Considine (@ConsidineJC) November 14, 2014

That's a lot of political dodging and weaving to stay in the top Educrat spot in NC, but for how much longer? Speculations are Atkinson won't run in 2016. I think it would be a fair assessment that Dr. Atkinson is in education the equivalent of a career politician. Given her significant role in bringing Common Core to North Carolina and the subsequent firestorm, perhaps she'll be heading to a cushy Gates-tied job like former Governor Perdue.]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://ladyliberty1885.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/atkinsonpreselect.jpg?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[254]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[329]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>