Comments on: Lots of toddlers, fewer school-age kids in S.F. http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:20:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Jeff Wed, 31 May 2006 14:37:38 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/#comment-2453 C'mon Matt, you know I just look for any opportunity to bitch about SF's politics! C’mon Matt, you know I just look for any opportunity to bitch about SF’s politics!

]]> By: Matt Marshall http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/comment-page-1/#comment-2451 Matt Marshall Wed, 31 May 2006 14:04:19 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/#comment-2451 Who cares? Let SF become a place for singles. It already is. Who cares? Let SF become a place for singles. It already is.

]]> By: Travis http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Travis Wed, 31 May 2006 00:26:23 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/30/lots-of-toddlers-fewer-school-age-kids-in-sf/#comment-2434 Its beyond the Dupes and the special interests of SF that cause this degrading problem. I agree, this is an important component but is downstream to additional problems with what is the "business of education delivery". With tenure programs for the non-motivated to "new educational theories" such as small learning communities or my personal favorite of allowing the child to dictate how and what to be lectured. Private and home based education programs are or should be growth areas in SF. Alternative energy investments for VCs is a good thing, long term, but what about california's school system as a portfolio? This “perplexing” problem is not that perplexing if the city would talk to their customers. Instead they chose to talk to other cities, the heavy handed teachers union, and spending more money on studies, as if a magic formula exists elsewhere. I too will be moving like the others in the article, not for a yard, not for more space, or safety, but solely and only because my voice as a “middle class” family is all but gone in SF. Its beyond the Dupes and the special interests of SF that cause this degrading problem. I agree, this is an important component but is downstream to additional problems with what is the “business of education delivery”. With tenure programs for the non-motivated to “new educational theories” such as small learning communities or my personal favorite of allowing the child to dictate how and what to be lectured.

Private and home based education programs are or should be growth areas in SF. Alternative energy investments for VCs is a good thing, long term, but what about california’s school system as a portfolio? This “perplexing” problem is not that perplexing if the city would talk to their customers. Instead they chose to talk to other cities, the heavy handed teachers union, and spending more money on studies, as if a magic formula exists elsewhere. I too will be moving like the others in the article, not for a yard, not for more space, or safety, but solely and only because my voice as a “middle class” family is all but gone in SF.

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