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...
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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, 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...
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...
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....
Valerie Jablow: Teacher Attrition in D.C. Reaches Crisis Level
Since 2007, when the flamboyant Disrupter Michelle Rhee took charge of the schools of D.C. with an unlimited grant of power—no checks, no balances, no...
Tom Ultican: Beware of TNTP, a Core Element in the Destroy Public Education Movement
Tom Ultican has written a series of posts about the Destroy Public Education Movement. His latest post analyzes the nefarious role of TNTP in that...
Gary Rubinstein: The Missed Opportunity Myth
Gary Rubinstein has a keen eye for teacher-bashing disguised as research. In this post, he takes apart a new paper from Michelle Rhee’s old outfit...