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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

This Week In Education: Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debate

This Week In Education: Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debate:

Reform: Rhee Organization Dips Toe Into #ESEA Debate

British-General-PO-PhonesThe folks at StudentsFirst sent out an email from Michelle Rhee this morning expressing concern about the teacher evaluation provisions in the Harkin-Enzi draft that was supposed to be considered earlier today: "The legislation sets up an unfair, two-tiered system where only some children would have access to teachers who receive meaningful feedback and are held accountable for their work...[and] would move us in the wrong direction." (see full text below). There's some confusion over whether Rhee signed onto the broader accountability letter from the civil