Bill Maher takes on Michelle Rhee
Bill Maher clearly had done some homework when he sat down with to über-school reformer Michelle Rhee on his HBO show, challenging her “no-excuses” philosophy on teachers by saying that he thinks the...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee, a private school parent?
The outspoken Michelle Rhee appears to be uncomfortable talking about where her children go to school in Nashville. Public or private? And why does it matter? Her reluctance is detailed in this Los...
View ArticleProbe of past D.C. test cheating called ‘impractical’ (update)
(Update: Ed Committee chair won’t call for new probe) Don’t expect much from the D.C. Council in the way of a serious investigation into cheating by educators on high-stakes standardized tests in the...
View ArticleAnother name for Ezra Klein’s 501c4 list: Rhee’s StudentsFirst
My colleague Ezra Klein, the founder of the Wonkbook blog, just wrote a post about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of the tea party. It carried this headline: “The IRS was wrong to target the...
View ArticleIs it time to kiss Michelle Rhee goodbye?
Is is time to kiss America’s most famous school reformer goodbye? Larry Cuban thinks so — and below he explains why. Cuban was high school social studies teacher for 14 years, a district superintendent...
View ArticleStudent takes on Michelle Rhee
School reformer extraordinaire Michelle Rhee has begun a three-city event where she is hosting town halls in what she says is an effort to have a “real talk” with teachers, who for years have viewed...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee gives the nation a D+ in school reform
School reformer heavyweight Michelle Rhee and her advocacy group StudentsFirst are not, apparently, pleased with the way school reform is going across the country. In their second annual State Policy...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee still doesn’t get it
Michelle Rhee still doesn’t get it. The former D.C. schools chancellor and now leader of a national organization that pushes corporate school and attacks teachers unions, just wrote an op-ed in The...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee has a new position
Michelle Rhee just got a new position. According to the Sacramento Bee she was just named interim board chairwoman of St. Hope Schools, a small group of Sacramento charter schools. The new position...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee to step down as StudentsFirst chief, take ‘next step in life’
(Update: Confirmation of Rhee plans to step down; Rhee comments) Michelle Rhee has been the most visible star in the nation’s galaxy of school reformers since she became D.C. schools chancellor in...
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