Test Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricated
Michelle Rhee, the former DC schools chief, has a perception of being results-oriented. She doesn’t have personal animus toward teacher’s unions, she just feels that the best way to improve learning...
View ArticleRhee Lashes Out After DC Testing Scandal Chips Away at Her Credibility
If the world were as based on merit as Michelle Rhee and her cadres like to say they want to construct schools to operate, she would have no credibility left, and wouldn’t be able to reach by phone any...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee Apologizes for Insulting Reaction to DC Test Score Scandal
Michelle Rhee has doubled back on her earlier smug dismissal of a very damaging story in USA Today about cheating on standardized tests in the DC public schools. Now she says that her initial reaction...
View ArticleTeacher’s Unions in Tension With Democrats in Charlotte
The Democratic platform on education includes the passage, “We Democrats honor our nation’s teachers, who do a heroic job for their students every day. If we want high-quality education for all our...
View ArticleAnti-Union Ads in Chicago Paid for By Hedge Funds, Billionaires
I wish I had known about this before the Chicago Teachers Union suspended their strike and returned to work, but it may shed some light on the timing of the suspension. At the least, it provides a...
View ArticlePublic Education “Reformers” Discredited By Yet Another Study
The privatization of public education movement sometimes called “ed reform” has always had one fatal flaw – none of their claims are supported by the evidence. In modern American politics being...
View ArticleArne Duncan Doubles Down On “White Suburban Moms” Comment, Promotes Economic...
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan doubled down on his “white suburban moms” comment concerning the Common Core Standards. Duncan at first said opposition to the Common Core State Standards was...
View ArticleCampbell Brown Won’t Say Who Is Funding Her School Privatizing Group
With Michelle Rhee’s effort to bust the teachers unions falling flat from incompetence and corruption, the privatizing crowd wanted a new face for the brand and found one with former news anchor...
View ArticleMichelle Rhee Stepping Down From StudentsFirst
Michelle Rhee is stepping down as the CEO of StudentsFirst to focus on her family and supporting her husband. After being tossed out of the DC school system, Rhee founded StudentsFirst in 2011 as part...
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