D.C. Schools Insider Archive: Michelle Rhee
Rhee: D.C. school bureaucracy makes 'no sense'
"Having run a large public school system, I can tell you that a lot of things the District does make absolutely no sense whatsoever," Rhee said.
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Bill Turque
| March 3, 2011; 4:19 PM ET |
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Friends of Bedford apply for charter
Friends of Bedford, the New York-based school management group ousted from Dunbar High by the DCPS in December, has applied to open a new public charter high school in Ward 4 in the fall of 2012. Bedford, hired by former...
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Bill Turque
| February 2, 2011; 8:23 PM ET |
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DCPS scraps Saturday Scholars
A weekend test prep program established by former Chancellor Michelle Rhee to help raise DC CAS scores has been discontinued because of low attendance, budget pressures and "limited effectiveness." A memo to principals Thursday said that Saturday Scholars, offered between January and April for the last three years to help students prepare for the standardized tests, would not return in 2011.
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Bill Turque
| January 14, 2011; 7:58 AM ET |
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So when exactly was Rhee's last day?
The plan, by every official account, was that the Michelle Rhee era at DCPS would draw to a close on Friday, the last working day of October. Kaya Henderson, who had moved into Rhee's office that day, would be interim...
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Bill Turque
| November 2, 2010; 1:20 PM ET |
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Breaking: Saunders forces Parker into WTU runoff
George Parker's five-year run as Washington Teachers' Union president is at risk, based on the preliminary count in a WTU presidential race with a stunningly low turnout. Nathan Saunders, the union's general vice president, edged Parker 334 to 313, forcing...
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Bill Turque
| October 27, 2010; 7:38 PM ET |
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Rhee's tough advice falls flat with some in Tampa
It was only a week ago that Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee co-authored an Outlook piece with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty that expressed pride in their accomplishments but also acknowledged that they "fell short" in building broad community support for school...
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Bill Turque
| October 25, 2010; 8:53 AM ET |
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