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Can Michelle Rhee Save Public Education?
Swampland — ... Our cover this week features a superb story by Amanda Ripley on the fascinating, controversial 37-year-old woman who has been brought in to save the troubled public school system in the nation's capital.: ...

Obama's Big Test on Education
Political Punch — ... Obama's Big Test on Education November 30, 2008 12:13 PM My former Washington City Paper colleague Amanda Ripley has a cover story in this week's TIME about the DC chancellor of schools Michelle Rhee , who "has promised to make Washington the highest-performing urban school district in the nation, a prospect that, if realized, could transform the way schools across the country are run. She is attempting 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 ...

She must be doing something right
Wizbang — Michelle Rhee, the new chancellor running the District of Columbia Public Schools system has gotten a long write up in Time magazine. Here is just a small sample- Her appointment stunned the city. Rhee, then 37, had no experience running a school, let alone a district with 46,000 students that ranks last in math among 11 urban school systems. When [Mayor Adrian] Fenty called her, she was running a nonprofit called the New Teacher Project, which helps schools recruit good teachers. Most problematic of all, Rhee is not from Washington. She is from Ohio, and she is Korean ...

Better Bus Info
Matthew Yglesias — ... on improving the visual presentation of bus schedule and route data. This isn’t the kind of local government reform that makes for stirring oratory or gets you on the cover of Time magazine but it makes a lot of difference in people’s lives. Better, more usable buses would be good for bus riders and drivers alike. ...

Michelle's Mission
The American Spectator — ... If Michelle Rhee has her way, they will. Named by Democratic Mayor Adrian Fenty as the first chancellor of the D.C. schools, she is the latest person tasked with reforming Washington's chronically underperforming education system. But those who came before her were unwilling to take on the teachers' unions. Rhee promises to be different, a fact that has made her the face of education reform nationwide. ...

Dan Brown: The Single Best, Most Indispensable Essay on Reforming Education
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee made the cover of Time Magazine for her battle against "bad teachers." But what about the crucial work of recruiting, training, and retaining good teachers? It won't come from paying bonuses for high test scores. Wolk argues the human angle, "Creating opportunities for teachers to work together, to teach in teams, to share in professional development, and to be more involved in educational decision-making are ways to bring out the best in teachers." ...