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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was all about the test scores, Rhee used secret mind control and brain washing techniques to turn hundreds and hundreds of honest and upstanding teachers and administrators into her legion of evil minions to do her bidding to fake the results and even now, years after she's gone, she still controls them through threat of Omerta and her roving bands of secret death squads that patrol all the schools.  And, she did all that in just three short years.

Uh huh.[/quote]

No, she used money as an incentive. Powerful enough for you?[/quote]

Nothing wrong with financial incentives in and of themselves.  The problem was the widespread cultural problems, wherein hundreds of teachers and administrators took it upon themselves to immediately leap to cheating rather than actually trying to do it the right way.  The previous posters testimonial makes it clear that the deep-seated culture of corruption throughout DCPS that makes this possible.  And here you are, basically DEFENDING that status quo, which had nothing to do with Rhee.[/quote]But Rhee wasn't experienced enough or maybe even smart enough as a manager to understand that she needed to provide extra security to keep cheating from happening. And when incredible gains were made - that just seemed a bit too miraculous - she wasn't reflective enough to make sure that kids were really learning more. She chose not to look at what was really happening.

Okay so you might argue that at worst she was naive. I believe that she certainly meant well.  But why did Fenty hire someone so inexperienced and naive to run the school system? Especially someone whose supporters argued that every criticism of her was just another vote for dysfunction in DCPS?  We deserved better.[/quote]

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