What is it with Oprah’s love affair with Michelle Rhee? After anointing Rhee as the second coming of Educational Christ during the episode featuring the “Waiting for Superman” documentary, Oprah invited her back to her holy grail of platforms once again, this time, to announce the launching of an organization called Students First, an interest […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Former Washington, D.C., schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee launched a national advocacy group Monday to support political candidates and school districts that embrace substantial changes in public education. Through the group, StudentsFirst, Ms. Rhee hopes to raise $1 billion to dole out to political candidates who support her policies and to local […]
(Wall Street Journal) — The election of a tough-talking new teachers’ union head here could complicate efforts to turn around the capital’s struggling school system, just as the fragile national effort to overhaul public schools faces a change in educational leaders in this and two other big cities. Officials who took over in the wake […]
(Washington Post) — Michelle A. Rhee is no longer chancellor of D.C. schools, but her presence still looms large over a Washington Teachers’ Union election that is entering its final contentious days. Incumbent President George Parker faces a stiff reelection challenge from Nathan Saunders, the union’s general vice president, who contends that Parker was too […]
(Washington Post) — As Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee winds down a turbulent 31/2 years in the District, she leaves in her wake a question that will be largely Kaya Henderson’s to answer: Can school reform continue with the same velocity and ambition under a leadership that values consensus and collaboration over blunt force and broken crockery? Henderson’s […]
(Washington Post) — Presumptive mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray introduced Kaya Henderson on Wednesday as the interim chancellor of D.C. public schools and vowed that reforms launched under Michelle A. Rhee would continue when he takes office in January. “We cannot and will not return to the days of incrementalism,” said Gray, appearing at a news […]
(Washington Post) — D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce Wednesday that she is resigning at the end of this month, bringing an abrupt end to a tenure that drew national acclaim but that also became a central issue in an election that sent her patron, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, to defeat. Rhee survived […]
There definitely seems to be a for-profit agenda underlying most of what is being touted as education reform in this country and there's no doubt that Michelle Rhee is happily the face of it.
(Washington Post) — Presumptive Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray held a long-awaited summit with Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee on Thursday but said that his 90 minutes with the outspoken schools leader, whoactively campaigned against himin a rancorous Democratic primary, hewed strictly to education issues and did not address her future in the job. “We did not […]
(TBD.com) — D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is weighing in on the results of the mayor’s race and her potential role in Mayor Fenty’s re-election loss. TBD’s Philip Stewart and ABC 7’s Jay Korff caught up with Rhee at the movie premiere for “Waiting for Superman” at the Newseum. The documentary screened Wednesday night focuses on education […]
(Washington Examiner) — More than 70 percent of the teachers and staff at two of the District’s lowest-performing schools were slapped with poor evaluations this year, leaving Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to bet on an influx of new teachers to help turn the institutions round. The two schools — Southeast’s Garfield Elementary, and the Hamilton Center […]
(Washington Examiner) — Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray is keeping mum on whether school Chancellor Michelle Rhee will have a spot in his administration, trying instead to focus voters’ attention on the role he has played in reforming the city’s schools. Rhee, who was hand-picked by Mayor Adrian Fenty, has become a shining star of the school […]