Rhee’s erasure guy quits.
Claiming he was looking “forward to the opportunity to pursue new options and old interests,” former DC schools boss Michelle Rhee’s Instructional Superintendent quit his job.
Wayne Ryan gained national fame for being the fall-guy for Rhee. Sudden increases in test scores, that Rhee claimed were the result of her amazing leadership, turned out to be the result of Ryans amazing ability to change the answers on the test scantron sheets.
Bill Turque in the Washington Post:
Ryan became a literal poster boy for D.C. school reform under former Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee after DC CAS scores spiked dramatically at Noyes from 2007 to 2009. The District ran principal recruitment ads with his picture asking “Are you the next Wayne Ryan?” Rhee promoted Ryan in 2010 to instructional
