time.com - 11/28/2008
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Obama has praised Rhee, but she worries he is all talk.
online.wsj.com - 12/1/2008
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While the economic news has most Americans in
a state of near depression, hope abounds today that...
the country may use the current economic crisis as leverage to address some longstanding problems. Nowhere is that prospect for progress more worthy than ...
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Lessons From 40 Years of Education 'Reform'
highereducation.org - 12/3/2008
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The National Center for Public Policy and Higher
Education promotes public policies that enhance Americans' opportunities to...
pursue and achieve high-quality education and training beyond high school. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan ...
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Can Michelle Rhee Save Public Education?
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... Amanda also looks at where the President-elect stands on education. (The subject of what should happen to No Child Left Behind sparked a terrific and thoughtful ...
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Political Punch —
... to do this through a relentless focus on finding--and rewarding--strong teachers, purging incompetent ones and weakening the tenure system that keeps bad teachers in the classroom." Rhee, Ripley writes, "wants to make Washington teachers the highest paid in the country, and in exchange she wants to get rid of the weakest teachers. Where she and the teachers' union disagree most is on her ability to measure the quality of teachers." Interestingly, though Rhee is a Democrat, she almost voted for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz . "It was a very hard decision," Rhee says. "I'm somewhat ...
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