Panic is overdue March 6, 2013 One of my regular old Red Plan allies emailed me a few days ago imploring me to attend the Chamber’s Red Plan program with… Continue Reading
“First God created idiots. That was for practice…. March 2, 2013 …Then he created School Boards.” Mark Twain First – From the Timberjay: District risks much, saves little, by using Alango Road Marshall Helmberger The… Continue Reading
About our local teacher pension fund February 24, 2013 Kudos to the DNT’s Jana Hollingsworth. After one of my posts about pension funds and my experience with the DFTRA I got the impression… Continue Reading
The CEO’s blinders February 17, 2013 A friend emailed me a link to this bit of back patting from David Ross of Duluth’s Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ross is in… Continue Reading
Meanwhile the Minnesota Newspaper Assn awarded the tiny Timberjay multiple… February 13, 2013 … awards for reporting and editorials all for doing what the DNT failed to do. BLOOMINGTON: —The Timberjay received awards for both reporting and… Continue Reading
Duluth News Trib unwittingly awards itself the “Consequences of gullibility award” February 13, 2013 In the latest of a succession of editorials telling the School Board to keep everything on the table.” …the moving of Unity on an… Continue Reading
Haute Cusine vs. Deli food February 12, 2013 I never read this DNT story but my friend dredged it up for me: East houses the restaurant with its classical cooking courses and… Continue Reading
ISD 709 continues to cannibalize itself February 12, 2013 From today’s DNT: What would happen if we sent the kids who couldn’t make it at Denfeld and East back from the alternative program… Continue Reading
709 reporting February 8, 2013 Compare today’s DNT story about the last of the Good feelings dog and pony show put on by the Duluth School District with the… Continue Reading
709 equity February 8, 2013 I’ll heap even more abuse on the Duluth School District, its Administrators and School Board in the next post as well as the Duluth… Continue Reading
The Zenith writes about our Red Plan Nadir February 6, 2013 When you publish a paper and are not beholden to all the powers that expect you to print happy news you can be pretty… Continue Reading
February 3, 2013 Just read the most recent Zenith. It has a devastating appraisal of the District which is based in part on the news stories from… Continue Reading
I finally changed the tag under the blog’s header January 26, 2013 It may not be true but I sure have been thinking about it a lot. Continue Reading
A second helping of a friend’s and my email exchange January 23, 2013 Following up on the previous email exchange: On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, (a friend) wrote: And that is what they are… Continue Reading
Some potential good news for Duluth’s school Board… January 23, 2013 …and a lot of qualifications from me: The DNT’s story on Governor Dayton’s tax proposal offers some hope in mitigating the Red Plan’s disaster… Continue Reading
The unvarnished me January 23, 2013 Regarding this story in the back of today’s DNT: “…there are people who still are opposed to the project, Gronseth said. ‘I understand that…. Continue Reading
Teacher evaluation’s in Duluth January 20, 2013 I just wrote that the shrinking pool of teachers in Duluth’s ISD 709 schools is killing the pension plan. Its also killing the education… Continue Reading
The Strib and the DFTRA pension January 20, 2013 This morning I got a very brief peek at the news after waking up at 4AM to head to the Ft. Lauderdale airport and… Continue Reading
A friend sent me the State Auditor’s press release… January 19, 2013 …on her audit of Minnesota’s public pensions. I couldn’t copy from the PDF file he sent me so I googled the story and found… Continue Reading
More on Esko’s math scores January 18, 2013 As my eight loyal readers can attest I do not go out of my way to defend the Duluth Schools. On the other hand… Continue Reading
