Rhee's Advocacy Group: Abolish Tenure, Give Districts Evaluation Prerogative
Former District of Columbia Chancellor Michelle Rhee has unveiled her new advocacy group's much-awaited set of policy priorities.
Rhee's profile in the education world is so huge that, unless you've moved to Jupiter for tax reasons, you have probably heard at least tangentially of her hard-charging style in D.C. For wonks closely following her actions, like those of us here at Education Week, most of the teacher-related ideas outlined in this paper from Students First aren't a big stretch from ideas she's espoused in the past.
But there are a few surprise additions in other sections, including an endorsement of California's "parent trigger" and support for private-school choice programs.
Let's take teacher issues first. The group says that decisions about professional development, compensation, hiring, assignment, and so on should be based primarily on performance, rather than on traditional factors like
