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quoting rick moen:
>I have a better idea:  I'm going to increase my bet to $200 and change
>terms to this offer:  We telephone Ascend School in Oakland and ask the
>principal whether his pay cheque is issued by Oakland Unified School
>District.  Which would be the case if it's a public school.

it seems to me should this be the case then he is paid by a public entity
(oakland unified) with taxpayer funds and this info should be easily
discoverable by a simple FOIA request and/or his income tax records
nespa?...

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Larry Cafiero (larry.cafiero at gmail.com):
>
> > Last time I checked, health care and nursing were not a vital part of
> > the K-8 curriculum, but it's been awhile since I've been in an
> > elementary school setting.
>
> As I already said, it's part of a small cartel of private corporation,
> and I posted the URL to an omnibus page showing the various things
> they've gone into including health care and nursing.  You are looking at
> the same thing and concluding in error that they aren't running charter
> schools.
>
> > You do realize that ASCEND, the name of the school, is an acronym for
> > "A School Cultivating Excellence, Nurturing Diversity," right?
>
> Correct.  This is the origin of the name of the company.
>
> KIPP follows the same pattern of upbeat acronym-making, it standing for
> Knowledge is Power Program.  Just about every one of these
> charter-school outfits has a name straight out of a Tony Robbins sales
> seminar.
>
> > Maybe you could produce some evidence that Ascend Learning backs this
> school?
>
> I have a better idea:  I'm going to increase my bet to $200 and change
> terms to this offer:  We telephone Ascend School in Oakland and ask the
> principal whether his pay cheque is issued by Oakland Unified School
> District.  Which would be the case if it's a public school.
>
> If not, you pay me $200.  If it is, I pay you the same amount.  You have
> until 11PM tonight if you wish to accept this wager.
>
> Point is, it's a private school, run by a private corpoation.
>
> (The telephone answer obviously would be subject to confirmation.
> Neither of us would need to pay out for a _false_ answer.)
>
>
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