The Answer Sheet Archive: D.C. Schools
The problem with Rhee’s successor in D.C
The new permanent chancellor of D.C. schools is going to be Kaya Henderson, to no one’s surprise, and this, to her supporters, is a great thing because she is, as they say, Michelle Rhee without Michelle Rhee. Maybe not.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 9, 2011; 3:01 PM ET |
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D.C. Schools
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chancellor named in d.c., d.c. schools, impact, kaya henderson, mayor gray, mayor vincent gray, michelle rhee, new d.c. schools chancellor, poverty and student achievement, standardized tests, teacher assessment, teacher evaluation
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The ed report that all 'reformers' should read
Here are two take-away messages for school reformers around the country that are embedded in an important new report about how the D.C. public school system is faring under the 2007 law that gave the mayor control.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 8, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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D.C. Schools
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dc cas, mayoral control, mayoral control of schools, michael bloomberg, michelle rhee, national academies, report on d.c. schools, standardized tests
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Does Kaya Henderson want to run D.C. schools?
It just may be that Kaya Henderson, the interim chancellor of D.C. schools who was tapped to succeed Michelle Rhee, doesn’t want the job permanently.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 29, 2011; 1:18 PM ET |
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D.C. Schools
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arne duncan, d.c. schools, d.c. superintendent, kaya henderson, michelle rhee
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Say it isn’t so on IMPACT, Mayor Gray
Here’s why I was so disappointed to a plan by D.C. schools officials to have the flawed IMPACT teacher evaluation system reviewed by a Harvard think tank.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 21, 2011; 12:35 PM ET |
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D.C. Schools, Michelle Rhee, Teacher assessment
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d.c. schools, edulabs, harvard research, harvard thinktank, harvard university, mayor gray, mayor vincent gray, merit pay for teachers, michelle rhee, performance pay, teacher assessment, teacher evaluation
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Is Rhee's key D.C. reform being tossed?
While Michelle Rhee is busy trying to build up a national organization to take on the teachers unions, back in Washington D.C., where she was chancellor for 3 1/2 years, the new mayor may be on the road to taking apart her signature reform.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 19, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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D.C. Schools, Michelle Rhee, Teacher assessment
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IMPACT, IMPACT evaluation system, IMPACT teacher evaluation, d.c. schools, kaya henderson, mayor vincent gray, michelle rhee, school reform, teacher assessment, teacher evaluation, vincent gray
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Should Duncan have plugged Henderson for D.C. schools boss?
If Education Secretary Arne Duncan were sitting in the editorial board of The New York Times talking about education, do you think he would put in a plug for a specific candidate to be chancellor of the city's public schools?
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Valerie Strauss
| January 13, 2011; 5:47 PM ET |
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D.C. Schools, Education Secretary Duncan
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arne duncan, d.c. schools, d.c. schools chancellor, education secretary arne duncan, kaya henderson, mayor gray, mayor vincent gray, vincent gray
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