Miernickivellian September 27, 2014 Mike Miernicki and I go back a long way to my brief time as a substitute teacher in the early 1980’s, so I take… Continue Reading
We’re so special July 7, 2014 Heavens to betsy! I’m about to write about some other important education topic than the sorry attempt by the Duluth School Board to go… Continue Reading
Floodgate nuggets, 1. Thank you DNT May 18, 2014 I’ve got an hour before Church and no time to fully open the floodgate of posts pent up inside my poor bursting head. Fortunately… Continue Reading
Zigaboos April 2, 2014 Just a funny word to start a problematic post. Problematic because I wrote it yesterday and thought I’d posted it only to discover it… Continue Reading
Jumping the gun on Charters and other dilemmas February 5, 2014 As my previous post said I am eager to begin writing about Charters. Except that I have a few other things on my plate… Continue Reading
Here’s a good place to start my Charter chats January 31, 2014 My filing has gone well but it could go late into the night. If it were up to Claudia she would hire a construction… Continue Reading
Charters January 30, 2014 Today Jana Hollingsworth had tons of stories on charter schools in the DNT. Its a subject well worth discussing and for many more reasons… Continue Reading
White Flight and Charters October 14, 2013 This story deserves a prologue so here goes. After Brown vs. Board of Education and later court rulings requiring segregated school districts public schools… Continue Reading
My old buddy loves the Simon and Garfunkel song Kodachrome October 14, 2013 He won’t read my blog any more because I’m so bigoted against Republicans but I’ve got to say my life is a lot easier… Continue Reading
A scramble of words to live by October 13, 2013 I’ve currently got four adages competing for space in my head. One of them is primal and comes from my elementary school years. It’s… Continue Reading
Saving the Duluth Public Schools Pt. 1 a new thread October 12, 2013 I’ve predicted disaster for the Duluth Schools for six years. When I ran for the School board in 2006 Duluth wasn’t ready for that… Continue Reading
Why I blog at night – to get back to sleep October 12, 2013 In my “weepy” interview with Jana Hollingsworth she asked me why I get up at night to write. She did not say write my… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract prologue: “Are those jobs really gone?” October 8, 2013 I was holding this piece off for my Not Eudora column after the election. However, it seems timely: ”Are those Jobs Really Gone?” When… Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 5 – Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy October 7, 2013 I was wrong to upload the email in the last post. I was taken to task by its author and have just removed it…. Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 4 – “one child” October 7, 2013 The Sell Central Now series is not meant to go in any particular direction. Its what’s going on in my head and what’s been… Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 3, Where the three incumbents stand October 6, 2013 I don’t know. That won’t stop me from speculating. Duluth now has a seven member school board. Four people constitute a majority. As I’ve… Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 2, Where the candidates stand October 6, 2013 Note:It may be best to read these post’s starting with the first of the series here. If I get elected to the School Board… Continue Reading
“A sale of Central is needed as desperately now as ever.” October 6, 2013 So sell it to the Edison Schools now says today’s editorial in the Duluth News Tribune. I don’t plan to vote to sell Central… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories 10-2 October 2, 2013 I’ve been skipping around town to put up signs. This sunny weather has been incredible but I’ve only put in a couple hours a… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories 10-1-2013 October 1, 2013 As I was putting up signs about a mile and a half from our sparkling new Homecroft School I met a very happy Edison… Continue Reading
