Michelle Rhee and the Washington Education Miracle

[jsteele]

A humorous look at Michelle Rhee:

http://thatsrightnate.com/2009/10/21/michelle-rhee-and-the-washington-education-miracle-part-i/

I can't wait for part 2.

[Anonymous]

Right on. I love the fact that no one can locate her raising the children's test scores in Baltimore, considering the premium she places on this. I had heard that before... please do post Part II. I just sat next to a woman today gushing about how great and bold a reformer Michelle Rhee is. She certainly won the media war which is that sad thing. Even if it is a lie...if enough people publish it...
At least a few are fighting back.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for promoting the blog--I really appreciate it.

Part 2 has been posted now http://thatsrightnate.com/2009/10/22/michelle-rhee-and-the-washington-education-miracle-part-ii/

[Anonymous]

Part 3 is up now as well. I'll post the 4th and final part tonight. http://thatsrightnate.com/2009/10/23/michelle-rhee-and-the-washington-education-miracle-part-iii/

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the visitors to my blog from this site. It's usually a satirical blog and I went fairly far afield with this Washington DC schools story. The final part is now up. If you've been following I'd love to hear comments pro or con:

http://thatsrightnate.com/2009/10/24/michelle-rhee-and-the-washington-education-miracle-part-iv/

[Anonymous]

Michelle Rhee is a joke. Everybody on the DC scene was ready for the "terminator". However, there are ways and ways of 'terminating' the abject failure of our local schools. She just has no experience base to do, well, anything. Her methodology is suspect, the result often abhorrent, and her constant media hounding makes her seem like DC is a stop before she bursts onto the national stage from her now, doubly, underwhelming record. I guess any publicity is good publicity is her mantra, which is why she seeks it out/soaks it up at cost to our kids and schools