Michelle Rhee

Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee: "We are nowhere near where we want to be." COMMENT Discussion Policy Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item.  

How far apart are D.C. school teachers and Chancellor Michelle Rhee over her drive to dismantle the 20th century, seniority-based structure of employment in the public schools? Well, within 15 minutes of meeting two teachers on opposite sides of the current debate, I heard threats to shut the...  

Relations between the District’s executive branch and the D.C. Council aren’t getting any sweeter—especially when it comes to the D.C. Public Schools. On Aug. 1, DCPS held a systemwide summer-school graduation ceremony at McKinley Tech High School, attended by schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. No...  

This just in (via e-mail from the NewsHour PR dept.): Friends, When we decided to follow rookie superintendent Michelle Rhee one year ago, we had a feeling that we’d have a good story on our hands. After all, 37-year-old Rhee was new to Washington, a Korean-American in a predominantly African...  

Public school students in the Washington D.C. area showed marked improvements in academic achievement due to the bold education reforms pursued by D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, a ...  

D.C. has some of the worst public schools in the nation. Education Week gives D.C.'s K-12 education an F for student achievement and college prep, and ranks it last in the nation for overall effectiveness.  

A D.C. nonprofit group is offering teachers $1,000 a week to lobby for Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee 's cash-for-tenure program, prompting charges from some education advocates that the payments are ...  

Thursday, July 03, 2008 Michelle Rhee Using Gates and Broad $$ to Bribe Teachers Out of Tenure and Seniority What happens when public officials team up with corporations to use tax-exempt corporate foundation ...  

D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. Michelle Rhee should be commended for her determination to implement courageous and innovative educational reforms in the District of Columbia, and Congress should take note as it considers reshaping the No ...  

A proposal by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to allow teachers to earn more on the basis of their students' performance has drawn fire from the Washington Teacher's Union.  

The plan by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to boost student achievement could mean big pay raises for teachers willing to risk their seniority.  

Some DC Public School teachers gathered for an informational meeting yesterday with DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to give her a chance to spell out one of her plans to attract and keep quality teachers.  

A proposal by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to allow teachers to earn more on the basis of their students'' performance has drawn fire from the Washington Teacher''s Union.  

Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's goal is to put music, art and physical education instructors in all public schools.  

Continuing on a path of tearing up the old way of thinking in DC public schools, Chancellor Michelle Rhee is looking at a really changing the teacher pay structure in the city, at the expense of time-honored ...