NYC Public School Parents: Our parent report card for Michelle Rhee and StudentsFirst

NYC Public School Parents: Our parent report card for Michelle Rhee and StudentsFirst:

Our parent report card for Michelle Rhee and StudentsFirst

by Leonie Haimson

credit:  Education Week

Michelle Rhee, former DC Chancellor and founder of the organization StudentsFirst, has come out with a new state by state report card, grading states on how well they adhere to the corporate reform agenda of privatization and “choice” (i.e. expanding charters and vouchers) , merit pay, and rigid evaluation systems based on test scores.

Her grading scheme actually punishes states that have policies to reduce class size above grade three, or offer incentives to keep classes small – even though class size reduction is one of the top priorities of parents, and one of the few education reforms that have proven to work.  At the same time she gives points to states that either have mayoral control,