Schools Matter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In March 2008, Noah Wepman, 34, had reason to be upbeat. He had just been appointed CFO for DC Schools by his young friend and colleague, Michelle Rhee. From WaPo, March 26, 2008 : "The chancellor and I have a very good relationship," Wepman said in an interview in his office at the school system's Northeast Washington headquarters. "I have a good understanding of where...
PREA Prez (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Washington DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee was told by her finance guy that there wasn’t going to be enough money to hire new teachers. But she hired 900 new teachers last Spring anyway. And fired over 200 once the school year began. Why? It’s all part of Rhee’s grand plan to undermine seniority and tenure rights [...]
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Union members, parents and community activists packed the D.C Council chambers Thursday morning for Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's first detailed account of the teacher layoffs and budget cuts that have placed her under the heaviest political fire of her 28-month tenure.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, facing a Thursday showdown with the D.C. Council over layoffs and budget cuts, has asked school principals what she can do to "regain the trust" of of the school system's teachers.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Tuesday upheld Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's decision to lay off 266 public school teachers and other educators to close a budget gap, flatly rejecting union arguments that she contrived financial problems to rid the system of older instructors.
The Sundries Shack (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Hmmm… A congressional report released Friday includes allegations that D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee mishandled a complaint that Kevin M. Johnson, her current fiance, engaged... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Choosing Democracy (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... principal's office and read a script by their soon-to-be-ex-boss. The office of Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee told principals not to give laid-off employees specific reasons for their dismissals. The reasons for McCarey's dismissal from Anacostia High couldn't have been based on much observation, she said. The administration was new this school year. Her contact with her new...
Joanne Jacobs (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... as usual. The Post suggests the real leader in teacher contract reform is D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, who is fighting “the stranglehold of seniority” and trying to reward the best teachers.
Choosing Democracy (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
National Panel Urges Upgrades to Teacher Workforce By Lesli A. Maxwell Washington A report from a high-powered education task force that calls for states and school districts to overhaul how they recruit, prepare, evaluate, and compensate teachers has raised the hackles of the American Federation of Teachers, which dismissed many of its recommendations as “top-down” and disrespectful of...
The Quick and the Ed (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney does a nice job of summarizing the fantastically incoherent case against Michelle Rhee: The future of the District’s school system may well be decided by whether Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee’s forceful reform campaign becomes mired in a swamp of her own self-defeating hubris. A lively, dramatic D.C. Council hearing Thursday...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I just might scream if I hear one more person invoke what is "best for the kids" in the growing conflict between D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and her critics.
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
“When Kathy Patterson learned about Thursday’s D.C. Council hearing, during which Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee pelted each other with accusations of law-breaking and secret meetings, she had one immediate reaction,” reports the Washington Post. “Here we go again,” said Patterson, a former council member and chairwoman of...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
When Kathy Patterson learned about Thursday's D.C. Council hearing, during which Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee pelted each other with accusations of law-breaking and secret meetings, she had one immediate reaction.
