Rhee is Out...

[YvonneCa]

Source: WAPO

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce Wednesday that she is resigning at the end of this month, bringing an abrupt end to a tenure that drew national acclaim but that also became a central issue in the recent mayoral primary race.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local.html?wpisrc=nl_natlalert

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Edited to add a better link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101205658.html

[Luminous Animal]

1. Good.

[mzteris]

2. to be replaced by . . .

someone you will probably dislike even more.

Rhee pushed traditional public schools over charter public schools.

Gray is a huge proponent for charters.

Here's an article speculating on Rhee's replacement: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2010/10/good-bye_rhee_hello_brave_new.html

[YvonneCa]

3. And you know "I dislike" her because...

...???

[mzteris]

29. I'm sorry - I thought you were one of the

"Rhee haters" . . . my mistake.

[YvonneCa]

30. I don't hate, period. I DO think some of the policies...

...Michelle Rhee has implemented are the wrong policies.

[tilsammans]

4. Next stop, Newark?

Just sayin'. :shrug:

[Catshrink]

18. Maybe CA

Her fiance is mayor of Sacramento.

[Bozita]

21. For-profit charter conglomerate - a real money magnet

[iandhr]

5. I am sorry

whats the problem with firing underperforming teachers

[iandhr]

6. NY TIMES article from May

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23Race-t.html


This stuck me

Next to Mulgrew (head of the AFT) was his press aide, Richard Riley. “Suppose you decide that Riley is lazy or incompetent,” I asked Mulgrew. “Should you be able to fire him?”

“He’s not a teacher,” Mulgrew responded. “And I need to be able to pick my own person for a job like that.” Then he grinned, adding: “I know where you’re going, but you don’t understand. Teachers are just different.”


I am all for better pay and pensions but he said that teachers should not be able to be fired i do not get it

[Catshrink]

7. Nothing...

as long at they are entitled to due process.

[iandhr]

10. Ralph would not use correct grammar...

Ralph would say "Me like teacher bashing."





Just Like "Me fail English thats unposible"

[ProudDad]

9. What's wrong with firing "underperforming" teachers?

When the criteria for "performing" is creating a class full of drones who can pass standardized tests...

Who have been "socialized" to be good little cogs in the corporate wheels...

Who "behave" and don't "question authority"...

Whose natural critical thinking skills and curiosity have been blunted by rote classroom crap...

in order to make sure the test scores are better this year than last...

Whose value is determined by the needs of administrators not the kids...

Who can be fired for being "outrageous" or "too out of the mainstream" or creative in their approach or who teach "unpopular" ideas or challenge their students to think...

Who's determining who gets "fired" for what?

There's a REASON there's teacher tenure.

Anyway, it's a BIG LIE that teachers "can't be fired". If the administrators carry out due diligence and follow reasonable negotiated procedures, and they involve the union in good faith negotiations, OF COURSE a "bad teacher" can be fired!

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. +1

[DeSwiss]

19. +1000

[callous taoboy]

33. Thank you! I watched a horrible teacher get fired.

He was done. He had no more energy to give. He was out by x-mas. So you assholes out there pushing the Mepublican meme that teachers can't get fired because of those awful unions need to get a ticket on the clue bus. I saw it happen.

On edit: I also saw a perfectly competent teacher get ousted by an administrator with bi-polar issues. So there is that, too.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

36. + another 1

[callous taoboy]

20. And you teach where? Come walk a mile in my shoes. I'd love to

see you take on my teaching job and would love to see the results you'd get, Superman.

[EFerrari]

37. I hope she takes the roll of tape she used to take her students'

mouths shut with her.

She's a self-interested hack and should be nowhere around children.

[Catshrink]

8. I'm thinking of a song from the Wizard of Oz...

[awoke_in_2003]

14. and I am not saying "witch"...

:)

[miyazaki]

11. Her methods were so revolutionary.

Especially her brilliant idea of arranging children in a circle for
better teaching purposes.
How original!!!!
I mean its only been done since the dawn of man.

:sarcasm:

[QC]

12. And who else ever delved quite so deeply into the pedagogical applications

of duct tape?

[Recursion]

13. She's the 6th chancellor or superintendent to leave in 8 years

At some point the city needs to pick an educational theory, a governance model, and a head administrator, and stick with them.

[Blue_Tires]

38. +1

[Exilednight]

15. About Fricking Time ...............

She's a stain on the idea of better schools.

You want better schools? Just do the opposite of what she did.

Open more schools.
Make class sizes much smaller.
Teach children independent thought instead of training them like animals to fill in a bubble on a piece of paper.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Lawwwd Ms.Rhee whatchu gonna do!!!!??

whatchu gonna do!!!!?

[Catshrink]

22. LOL

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Inquiring minds want to know

:)

[Catshrink]

24. I don't know why she swallowed the fly.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. She was entertaining her STUDENTS

I bet you thought I'd forget to mention STUDENTS in this education thread.

[Catshrink]

26. You mean the widgets?

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Of course

But I use the word STUDENTS so when a search is done, posts that mention STUDENTS are found in these threads. An accusation has been made that we don't mention STUDENTS in these threads.

[Catshrink]

28. I know

It always amazes me that people question whether teachers care about students. Isn't that the point? We care about what happens in education because we care about our kids. It's implicit. Does a minister who doesn't mention God every 2 minutes not believe in God?

[Hardrada]

31. YESSSS !!

[leveymg]

32. Anyone want to bet she won't be a multi-millionaire by this time next year? eom

[ProudDad]

34. She was already well on her way...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/03/AR2007070302299.html

Rhee to Be Highest-Paid School Head in D.C. Area
Contract Provides $41,250 Signing Bonus

By Theola Labbé
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Acting D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will be paid $275,000 annually and will receive a $41,250 signing bonus if she is confirmed, making her the highest-paid school leader in the immediate metropolitan area.

[Starry Messenger]

35. k & r

Though I suspect she's coming to CA next. DC can rest a little easier today.

[girl gone mad]

39. This is good news for the children.

now let's hope someone more responsible, humane and intelligent gets the post.