Meanwhile Republicans fight more local spending for public education September 13, 2011 So much for local control. Republican lawmakers take aim at Minnesota school levies. ST. PAUL About a third of Minnesota school districts are planning… Continue Reading
Will Judy vote to increase Red Plan spending by… September 8, 2011 …another $3.3 million a year? If I understand the arguments of Loren Martell who I just spoke with and who was not handcuffed during… Continue Reading
And send the rest to jail September 6, 2011 Perhaps Schools were designed to drain the life out of children. I’d like to think that was part of the reason I never made… Continue Reading
Everyone is looking for more money August 30, 2011 Including one-third of all Minnesota School Districts. Continue Reading
Speaking of a college education August 19, 2011 Of all the sections in this infographic the one I find the most troubling is the one that says that only 1 in three… Continue Reading
And how much of this info did JCI provide? August 15, 2011 A better summation than I’ve offered on the St. Louis County School skulduggery. The News Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio reported on a court… Continue Reading
Home school bureaucracy trimmed August 14, 2011 The Trib’s ed reporter contributed to this story: Duluth is one of the fastest-growing home-school areas, Tuma added, in a large part because some… Continue Reading
Early evidence of the superiority of bricks over brains. August 11, 2011 Greetings, School Board members~ The results of the 2010-2011 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) science test will be publicly released tomorrow, August 12th. The MCA… Continue Reading
Thank you Timberjay August 8, 2011 I just received the entire Timberjay story from its publisher. He’d heard of my interest in it from some reader. As I said before… Continue Reading
Imagine trying to be a little more creative… August 7, 2011 …as a python constricts your diaphram and I think you will see what Minnesota’s schools face. I haven’t read any of the reactions in… Continue Reading
Hell freezes over July 28, 2011 No not really. It will take the Democrats and the Republicans working out a sensible federal spending/taxing plan for that to happen. My buddy… Continue Reading
I stumbled over long division… July 27, 2011 …when I was in 5th grade’ I never got very good at math but I suspect I could have done a little calculus too… Continue Reading
A testimonial to the about-to-be-closed Lake Superior High School July 20, 2011 From an email sent to all the Duluth School Board members……names deleted. LSHS SHOULD STAY OPEN [**************************]Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:17 AM To:… Continue Reading
Thugs for Better Schools II July 19, 2011 As Tim Grover has explained quite correctly there is no more worthy reason to employ the Government’s power to take property away from homeowners… Continue Reading
Casting 100 students adrift July 15, 2011 Lake Superior High School which houses about 100 9-12 students is likely to close because the Duluth School District is washing its hands of… Continue Reading
School funding on the chopping block July 4, 2011 The Duluth District just had to borrow twenty million to keep running, something it hadn’t done, if I remember correctly, since before I was… Continue Reading
Beginning of a trend? June 30, 2011 This story suggested to me that it could be evidence of the Red Plan’s unintended but pernicious effect on our children’s education: Duluth ninth-graders… Continue Reading
The arrogance and ignorance of JCI June 21, 2011 In a well thought out analysis of the disaster brought about by JCI and its kept school board in the St. Louis County Schools… Continue Reading
“Nattering Nabobs of Negativism” is catchier than… June 18, 2011 ….”Doubters, defeatists and pessimists” This letter in today’s Trib is an antidote to Dr. Dixon’s last hurrah (which I can’t find on the Trib’s… Continue Reading