tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post113867393572448857..comments2023-10-21T05:31:04.705-05:00Comments on Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH: Why Edison Schools do not Produce What Some ExpectMerle Widmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788275198834985986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1138719623953454112006-01-31T09:00:00.000-06:002006-01-31T09:00:00.000-06:00Thanks for getting to the heart of the matter that...Thanks for getting to the heart of the matter that each of the parents that chose to transfer our children into the Edison school understood. We understand that the current system, not just Peoria's (although it serves an excellent example), is broken. The current system is one of the last vestiges of 18th century America left: an agrarian based system that no longer meets the consumers' needs in an rapidly-evolving, nearly post-digital age and serves as a grand 20th century socialist experiment. <BR/><BR/>We chose to pull our kids from the traditional curriculum. In our expectation that District 150 will pull a successful program, we will pull our children from the failing curriculum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com