Guess what Michelle Rhee charged a school to speak

[Anonymous]

Many schools have fired lots of unqualified and unfit teachers. What are you talking about 16:19?

[Anonymous]

Rhee has what is called a license to charge a high fee. As long as people are willing to pay to listen to her expertise, theres nothing we can do about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...uhh...my kids were in DCPS pre-and post-Rhee. Our principal managed to fire a couple of bad teachers pre-Rhee. Why is soul-searching necessary, we're just talking about some facts here. It was a terrible burdensome process to fire teachers before, and now it is an easier but stupid process that cans teachers now. Somewhere in the middle --fair and easier --should have been the results but Rhee was not the person to broker these changes. PP, it's not a right or left issue.

I think you nailed it here, pp. It should have been easier to fire bad teachers - no question - but the current process doesn't seem the best way to measure teacher quality. Ultimately Rhee's problem was that she lacked experience and was learning on the job but anyone who points that out is labeled a "hater." She wanted to hold other people accountable using a questionable approach to measuring their accomplishments but she would never allow herself to be held accountable by anyone else.

Seems to me she *was* held accountable by the voters. That's something I think she understood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rhee has what is called a license to charge a high fee. As long as people are willing to pay to listen to her expertise, theres nothing we can do about it.

If you look at the website of Rhee's agent, and look at the speakers' fees, you'll see she's pretty much right in line with other big-name speakers. And whatever you think of Rhee, she's a big name. The idea that she's being greedy because she's charging money to speak, and she's in favor of school reform, and one of the largest obstacles to school quality is poor students, therefore she shouldn't charge the going rate is, frankly, a bit ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Who really wants to hear from her???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who really wants to hear from her???

Given her high profile, and huge speaking fees, it looks like the answer to that is "many, many people".