tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post3211240968341373895..comments2024-02-16T06:29:33.587-08:00Comments on Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State: Testimony 7-7-2010 at Seattle School Boarddan dempseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-20832482711808300262013-02-28T23:14:11.569-08:002013-02-28T23:14:11.569-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ellie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231840376889029260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-29995335948016010072010-07-08T10:45:22.152-07:002010-07-08T10:45:22.152-07:00These are businessmen, not economists, who don'...These are businessmen, not economists, who don't have enough sense to know the difference between money and capital. They're satisfied with a 6th grade education and a diploma from Beck University which only proves they are duck-pond, cross-road conservatives who can afford to pay $35k for a document that says that they studied to be a lawyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-28322075142147694942010-07-08T10:38:50.049-07:002010-07-08T10:38:50.049-07:00I wonder what the net percentage gain is - using a...I wonder what the net percentage gain is - using a district like a flow-through entity with an unlimited credit account by jacking up school building prices and then floating voter-approved bonds. Your tax dollars at work, stealing from kids and teachers to pay off consultants, contractors, and the courtesans, er administrators... <br /><br />How many non-profits does it take to drain the capital out of an entire state-owned public education system?kprugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126184111625382040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-51675187535944824342010-07-08T10:26:14.029-07:002010-07-08T10:26:14.029-07:00How about this for ethics? Should there be a growt...How about this for ethics? Should there be a growth initiative in your state, like 3000+ housing units going up just farther north of Seattle, so more people can enjoy the rain in the winter and send their kids to a school district that's so finanicially strapped and hopelessly backward that its losing teachers and students. So which well-connected, hs-educated realtors has those administrators by their ...<br /><br />Education is controlled by money and performance has nothing to do with brains or we'd have solved our problems long ago. The Romans treated teachers like slaves, much as we do.kprugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126184111625382040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-4431068870406931052010-07-08T10:07:47.973-07:002010-07-08T10:07:47.973-07:00When we questioned a contractor about a district&#...When we questioned a contractor about a district's financial setback brought about by his company - his reply was so what...its the taxpayers that'll pay for it, not the district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-83107925476969328782010-07-08T10:02:49.864-07:002010-07-08T10:02:49.864-07:00Stimulus money ended up in the bank accounts of ex...Stimulus money ended up in the bank accounts of executive circles. Districts can't account for where the money is going, because they're being reimbursed by the contractors who they hire. That's why a school in your state can cost up to $300 per sf. Textbooks and staff development are just the tip of the iceberg. The whole operation is a cookbook for ethical malfeasance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-63696648001371034112010-07-08T09:52:53.248-07:002010-07-08T09:52:53.248-07:00SPS is proposing an operations levy. Washington is...SPS is proposing an operations levy. Washington is leading public schools down the path of ruin. Water trickles down, but voters don't realize that loose money trickles up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com