Comments on: Guest Column: Rebuttal of Chuck Sweeny’s assessment of schools http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/05/04/guest-column-rebuttal-of-chuck-sweeny%e2%80%99s-assessment-of-schools/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/05/04/guest-column-rebuttal-of-chuck-sweeny%e2%80%99s-assessment-of-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 John Thu, 05 May 2011 17:19:49 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=30264#comment-2768 Norman makes some valid points. One point I would like to add is Rockford's naivety with regard to the various "snake-oil" salesman. Seems like we embrace any and every carpet-bagger who blows through town selling consulting, or some new-age way to better educate kids. We simply can't seem to resist. We simply can't believe that a local solution is a good one. We are also totally sold on the idea the more money buys bigger and better. I wonder how much more money we'll end up paying the next super???? Norman makes some valid points. One point I would like to add is Rockford’s naivety with regard to the various “snake-oil” salesman. Seems like we embrace any and every carpet-bagger who blows through town selling consulting, or some new-age way to better educate kids. We simply can’t seem to resist. We simply can’t believe that a local solution is a good one.

We are also totally sold on the idea the more money buys bigger and better. I wonder how much more money we’ll end up paying the next super????

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