Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers? Readers Respond
Last week, I posted my thoughts on “Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers?” I sought to identify the people and organizations that spread the lie that...
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Gary Rubinstein: One of the “Most Dangerous” Reformers Will Be #2 in NYC Ed Department
Gary Rubinstein writes here about the new leadership of the New York City Department of Education. He begins: Eric Adams will become the next Mayor...
Peter Greene: In Case You Missed Michelle Rhee…You Can Join the Zoom
Peter Greene wonders if you have missed Michelle Rhee, once the Wonder Woman of the edreform biz, but recently absent from the national scene. After...
Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools
Gary Rubinstein revisits the past decade of failed reforms and notes how frequently the “reformers” made promises and then failed to keep them. Michelle Rhee...
Richard P. Phelps Looks Back on D.C. Reform, Part 2
Richard P. Phelps was hired by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to oversee testing, which was a crucial element in her plans to “reform” the...
Now Here Is a Balanced Discussion of Teachers Unions!
The Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance is led by Professor Paul Peterson, an advocate for school choice. It would not be off the...
Richard Phelps Reviews Michelle Rhee’s “Reforms,” Ten Years Later, Part 1
A decade ago, Richard Phelps was assessment director of the District of Columbia Public Schools. His time in that position coincided with the last ten...
Richard Phelps Reviews Michelle Rhee’s Reforms, Part 2
Richard Phelps was in charge of assessment in the last year of the reign of Michelle Rhee as superintendent of the District of Columbia Public...
Michael Klonsky: The Return of General Tata
Do you remember General Tata? After a career in the military, retired Brigadier General Anthony Tata entered the Broad Academy in 2009, launching a new...
Peter Greene: The Meteoric Rise and Disappearance of Michelle Rhee
In thinking back over the past decade, Peter Greene realized that Michelle Rhee was one of its defining figures. For a time, she was everywhere....