Why the Hell didn’t I think of that? February 9, 2012 We’re talking some serious gravy train here. Oh yeah. Now I remember. Roger supported the Red Plan too when he could have guaranteed a… Continue Reading
The wrong horseshoe February 9, 2012 I can’t really believe what I heard recently – that our new East High school only has one janitor. I had heard that rather… Continue Reading
Oh yeah – the Duluth School Board February 7, 2012 I can’t say as I blame the School Board for not accepting any of the bids to demolish Laura MacArthur School. They ran out… Continue Reading
And how might Temple’s geeks change the world? February 6, 2012 Full Printed from nueveojos on Vimeo. Continue Reading
“ya gotta show kids interesting stuff” February 6, 2012 Thirty or so years ago the professional world woke up to the difference between people who were considered mentally retarded and those who were… Continue Reading
With forty kids in a classroom… January 29, 2012 …what an irrelevant editorial: Identifying and nurturing the best of the best teachers, and then making sure they don’t risk getting laid off, has… Continue Reading
Snake oil January 27, 2012 My snakey post on JCI elicited an email with this reminder of the wind project JCI almost sold the Duluth School District about the… Continue Reading
16% increase in the cost of health insurance? January 26, 2012 That’s what one of the TV news stations just reported was going to happen to the Duluth School District’s budget next year. I think… Continue Reading
One quibble with Obama’s State of the Union January 25, 2012 I was a skeptic about George W Bush’s No Child Left Behind. Count me a skeptic about Obama’s plan to keep kids in school… Continue Reading
Hind tit January 21, 2012 I take some satisfaction in knowing that the richest school community, Congdon, had to wait as long as the poorest school community, Grant/Nettleton to… Continue Reading
Arrogance lives January 11, 2012 Kerry Leider today: “They are not experts in property development,†Leider said of residents who expressed what they would like to see at Central…. Continue Reading
Crusading Journalism – Don’t blame us January 9, 2012 No wonder my carrier left a Minneapolis Strib on my doorstep this morning instead of a Dull Nadir Trib. After I spent ten minutes… Continue Reading
Could trying to treat every child equally in school… January 6, 2012 …lead to the world’s highest student test scores? Continue Reading
Even the Trib’s editors notice… January 1, 2012 …how thin the Duluth School Board Chair’s thinking is: (I couldn’t find the DNT’s evaluation online) “Not mentioned by Judy Seliga Punyko, the School… Continue Reading
“The operative word seems to be… December 31, 2011 …former” That is how I replied to this email today: The former employee of the district was courageous to write a letter that probably… Continue Reading
Panic Attack December 26, 2011 I’ve had a couple people send me emails asking me what the heck is happening in the Duluth Schools relative to Dr. Foster’s being… Continue Reading
“You couldn’t put a facilities plan together counting on money that you don’t even have.” December 22, 2011 And yet while we have to pay the banks back no matter from what pot they take the money our classrooms can be funded… Continue Reading
Come over and sit by me December 22, 2011 A server at a restaurant this morning apologized after relating a series of disturbing bits of intelligence about the Red Schools of Duluth. I… Continue Reading
No sight December 21, 2011 As a friend who emailed this to me commented, “What a difference a year makes.” Duluth News Tribune Published July 23 2010 Our view:… Continue Reading
But not by much December 20, 2011 According to tonight’s news on WDIO The School Board has been advised by its attorneys to make no comment on the 30 days paid… Continue Reading