Remainders: Rhee fires bottom six percent of D.C. teachers | GothamSchools

Remainders: Rhee fires bottom six percent of D.C. teachers | GothamSchools

Remainders: Rhee fires bottom six percent of D.C. teachers

by Elizabeth Green

• Michelle Rhee fired 241 of 4,000 D.C. teachers (6%) today citing poor performance. (WashPost)
• 737 of D.C. teachers were rated “minimally effective” by the new IMPACT eval. (Teacher Beat)
• Geoffrey Canada responds to critical analyses of the Harlem Children’s Zone. (Ed Week)
• “Big money has a way of making itself heard over hard data.” (Walt Gardner)
• A brief video history of P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
• Submit questions to Arne Duncan for a July 29 radio town hall with teachers. (ed.gov)
• USDOE has a tool showing where Promise Neighborhood grants came from. (data.ed.gov)
• Duncan is also cracking down on for-profit universities, and their stocks follow. (Hechinger)
• The Education Voters of New York group released its first report. (Imagine: NY Schools)
• Mayor Bloomberg sympathizes with child abuse victims: he once cried as a baby. (Daily News)