Rhee is controversial, but leading the charge on reform and getting a lot of attention.
Rhee's anticipated blueprint of her new advocacy group was released with three priorities:
1) focuses on overhauling teacher pay and evaluation plans, 2) giving parents more say in their child's education and 3) spending tax dollars more wisely.
In her own words and in the first article, she states, "A lot of the reason I started the group is so we can provide the cover a courageous political leader needs to push this agenda." Also check out, StudentsFirst.org
This article talks about the perils of Education reform, but the part that I found so interesting, and hopeful, is that "John Kline, the new Republican chairman of the House education committee, has praised Mr Duncan’s reforms." Remember Duncan is the Secretary of Education and he also support Rhee.
This article dissects the U.S.'s poor performance on the recent international PISA to show that whites did not do that poorly and the problem with our education system lies in educating the blacks and Hispanic students.
Admittedly, I haven't gotten a chance to go through this list yet, but plan to.
Obama aims to revise No Child Left Behind - Washington Post
From Obama, himself, this week.
Obama aims to revise No Child Left Behind - Washington Post
From Obama, himself, this week.
Hi Carrie. I'm a big fan of Michelle Rhee. She is forcing the teacher's unions to address the question of whether their policies and contracts are in the best interest of the students whom they teach. There are of course thousands of wonderful, talented, dedicated teachers, but unfortunately, the unions are protecting those who do a disservice to their profession. The following article is an excellent example of what needs to change:
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Julie Farrell
Here's one more for you from Education Week. It discusses what's going on at the political level with regard to education related legislation - particularly with regard to the unions.
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