Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Influence Targeted In Report By New York Group
Since Michelle Rhee's first days as Washington, D.C., schools chancellor, she has evoked intense reactions. Both presidential candidates in 2008 gave her glowing praise in a debate. In the last few months, her loudest critics have called her everything from an "Asian b**ch" to a "dickhead."
Which is to say that much criticism of Rhee, the most visible member of the so-called education reform movement, has been based on ideology. In Washington, Rhee fired teachers and administrators, upsetting the city. Union heads attack her motives, saying that she's out to bust them, or that she's part of a "corporate reform" movement to funnel public school money into private entities.
Now, Rhee's critics are trying a new tact. They're questioning her effectiveness. They're holding Rhee, a staunch believer in teacher ratings based in part on student test scores, accountable to what they describe as her own metrics.
A group called New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, a union-backed parent coalition, released a report Friday called "Rhee-ality Check" that calls into question Rhee's success. It mostly relies on news clippings to assert
Which is to say that much criticism of Rhee, the most visible member of the so-called education reform movement, has been based on ideology. In Washington, Rhee fired teachers and administrators, upsetting the city. Union heads attack her motives, saying that she's out to bust them, or that she's part of a "corporate reform" movement to funnel public school money into private entities.
Now, Rhee's critics are trying a new tact. They're questioning her effectiveness. They're holding Rhee, a staunch believer in teacher ratings based in part on student test scores, accountable to what they describe as her own metrics.
A group called New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, a union-backed parent coalition, released a report Friday called "Rhee-ality Check" that calls into question Rhee's success. It mostly relies on news clippings to assert