[gruez]

>but it does seem untoward that the main author of the California math framework is also making $5000/hour when the client is not a tech company but a public school district with mostly minority and economically disadvantaged students

It seems lazy to dismiss that person just because he charges a high rate. If his services are effective and there's no better alternatives, who cares how much it costs? People getting outraged at high public salaries is exactly the reason why we get mediocre civil servants.

[whimsicalism]

Jelani Nelson himself is probably a better alternative and does much of his work for free.

[ahahahahah]

Because there are people who volunteer for habitat4humanity doesn't give me a good reason to be indignant when my builder asks me to pay her for her work.