Michelle Rhee Quotes
I’m not running this district by consensus or committee. I’m not running this school district through the democratic process.
She had some excellent ideas for reforming and improving the school system, but her unilateral and dictatorial management style so alienated the parents, teachers, and all the other stakeholders that there was so much controversy during her tenure that little was ever implemented and she was not asked to serve beyond her contract, nor did any other school system hire her as their leader thereafter.
Michelle Rhee, School Chancellor, Washington DC, Quoted on PBS Frontline, The Education of Michelle Rhee, January 8, 2013
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This book is endorsed by major religious organizations of all faiths as well as National School Boards Association, National Education Association, National PTA, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of Elementary School Principals, American Association of School Administrators and others. It is used as a guideline by most schools systems in the United States.
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The reform bill was developed by the then current Minister of Education who views were quite opposite to Corkey’s. One of the reforms was to eliminate the Bible Teaching and other religious instructions in the public schools. Then these other undesirables would enroll in the public schools whereas before, the Protestants were able to operate segregated public schools where very few Catholics would attend. The religious bigotry by the Catholics in the South of Ireland was equaled if not exceeded by that of the Protestants in Northern Ireland.
Michelle Ann Rhee is an American educator and advocate for education reform. She was Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools from 2007 to 2010. In late 2010, she founded StudentsFirst, a non-profit organization that works on education reform.
