Michelle Rhee
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The passive-aggressive correspondence of Vincent Gray and Michelle Rhee
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Written evidence that D.C.'s former schools chancellor and its council chairman turned mayor didn't get along.
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D.C. public schools teacher evaluations to change
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Teachers in D.C. don't have the easiest jobs. You fear being fired, face violent students, and the obsession with standardized testing has sapped your lesson plans of all creativity, sending some of you over the edge. But now, hundreds of teachers are getting a break: Those who have performed at a high level will be evaluated fewer times per year.
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Michelle Rhee loves the spotlight, but hates USA Today, says New York Times
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Michelle Rhee, D.C.'s former schools chancellor, absolutely loves attention. You might even say she's "voracious" for the media spotlight. She "preens for the camera" at every opportunity — whether it be the cover of Time magazine, or in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Katie Couric, or as the hero of Waiting for Superman. One thing she will not do, however, is talk to the folks out on Jones Branch Drive in McLean. No, she will not give the USA Today the time of day.
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D.C. teacher fired for 'Mr. Teachbad' blog, he says (video)
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Peter Gwynn is one of 206 D.C. public school teachers who were fired earlier this month for poor performance, but he believes he was really let go because of his blog, Mr. Teachbad, where he wrote that lazy students should "piss off" and that forcing kids to take AP tests is "fucking pathetic." Yeah, that might have something to do with it.
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Michelle Rhee to speak at policy summit in D.C., opponents rally
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Union officials and activists are planning to protest outside the summit, which will focus on a push for private school vouchers and charter schools.
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Rhee reverses position on school cheating questions
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Former D.C. Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has changed her position in response to a USA Today investigation that questioned whether the increases in school testing scores were valid.
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Michelle Rhee, D.C. Board respond to test tampering accusations
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The D.C. Board of Education has scheduled a hearing next week to address allegations officials at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus may have tampered with standardized test scores, DCist reports.
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Don't blame education reform for Adrian Fenty's loss
CommentAdrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee would have you believe education reform cost the mayor re-election. Don't believe them.
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Focus on education: Rhee’s tenure and the trauma of High School
CommentFormer USA Today education reporter Richard Whitmire discusses "The Bee Eater," his new book about Michelle Rhee's tenure as DC Schools Chancellor. And we'll preview the upcoming teen summit at Bowie State Univ., which examines the issues that make high school a difficult experience for many students. Our guest: Lenore Coleman, president of Total Lifestyle Change, Inc.
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Loose Lips Daily: Hizzoner’s Honeymoon nearly over edition
So Vince Gray, what’s going on? The Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis pens a column that more or less declares Hizzoner’s honeymoon to be nearly over.
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How I scooped the Washington Post by more than 3 years
On February 8th, Jay Mathews -- Washington Post educational columnist and author of the Post's "Class Struggle" blog -- posted a blog article titled "Michelle Rhee's early test scores challenged." Mathews described how local education blogger G.F. Brandenburg had written an article casting doubt on claims by Michelle Rhee to have dramatically raised test scores of her students at Baltimore's Harlem Park Elementary School. Mathews wrote, "He has found the missing test score data from former D.C. schools chancellor's early years as a classroom teacher, something I did not think was possible." Not only did I know that it was possible, I had unearthed the same data and written about it 3 1/2 years ago.
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Teachers' union inundated with calls from fired teachers
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Following ruling, WTU has to set up special process to deal with volume of inquiries.
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Rhee: 'Last hired, first fired' policy must end
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Former Washington, D.C., schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee says the "last hired, first fired" policy for laying off educators in most school districts across the country should be thrown out.
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Rhee says city will appeal reversal of teacher firings
Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said Wednesday that they city would appeal an arbitrator's ruling requiring that the school system reinstate 75 probationary teachers.
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Teacher reinstatement costs could hit D.C. hard
An arbitrator reinstated 75 D.C. Public School teachers who had been fired by former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. How much will bringing back those teachers cost the cash-strapped District?
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D.C. teachers fired by Rhee to be reinstated
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A bunch of D.C. Public Schools teachers who were fired by Michelle Rhee were ordered reinstated today. Does it mean school reform critics are starting to win their arguments? No, but it is an embarrassment for the school system.
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The political education of Michelle Rhee
Michelle Rhee turned up at work last September 13 utterly stunned.
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Oscars 2011: Ryan Kearney takes cardboard Michelle Rhee to Sundance (photos, video)
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Waiting for "Superman" was shut out from Academy Award consideration yesterday. TBD's film critic takes one of its stars to Sundance to figure out why.
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