Tag Archives: Educational Leadership
by request: more thoughts on Michelle Rhee’s leadership
One of my very engaged Twitter followers asked me to elaborate on why I like Michelle Rhee’s policies and management style. This is also a good time for me to talk about Richard Whitmire’s recently released book about Rhee, called … Continue reading
Who Should Lead Our Schools? Part 2
New York Times: Christie Seeks Leeway in Hiring Schools Chiefs The same week that Cathleen Black assumed the Chancellorship of New York schools, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie started advocating for relaxed requirements for superintendents of his low-performing school systems. … Continue reading
Happy 2011 – what does it have in store for education?
Hello readers! My apologies for the recent lack of posts – December was, as you can understand, a busy time. Teachers don’t think too much about the change of the year since they are still in the same academic year, … Continue reading
Posted in DC Public Schools, Education, Educational Leadership, Funding, Leadership, Los Angeles Unified School District, New York City Public Schools, School Funding, Teacher Quality
Tagged Cathleen Black, Education, Education Reform, Educational Leadership, IMPACT, Joel Klein, Kaya Henderson, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michelle Rhee, New York City Public Schools, School Funding, Teacher Quality, Vincent Gray
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More Drama for Cathleen Black
Apparently, people are SO upset by the prospect of having Cathleen Black as Chancellor of New York City Public Schools that one parent is now leading the protest by suing state education officials for issuing a waiver for her. The … Continue reading
Michelle Rhee’s next step: Students First
A little over a month after Michelle Rhee left her post as Chancellor of DC Public Schools, we now know what she’s doing next, at least in part. This morning she launched the website for her new advocacy organization, Students … Continue reading
a new leader for the WTU; a new enemy of school reform
I’m going to put this out there up front: I hate teachers’ unions. From my experience, “Waiting For Superman” does not exaggerate or misconstrue the role that unions play in hindering education reform. I have no problem with Randi Weingarten … Continue reading
Who should lead our school systems?
A significant portion of the articles on the education page of the New York Times website in recent weeks have covered the controversy surrounding Mayor Bloomberg’s choice of publishing executive Cathleen Black to follow Joel Klein as the Chancellor of … Continue reading
Michelle Rhee’s last day
Today’s the day. Here’s what the Washington Post has to say. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102807217.html
D.C. Education Reform, from Janey to Rhee
Colbert I. King published an Op-Ed in Saturday’s Washington Post entitled “Rhee’s and Gray’s critics fail in D.C. history”. Check it out here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/15/AR2010101505195.html Mr. King does not focus solely on education, but he makes some interesting points that merit … Continue reading
Michelle Rhee: courageous but cold
Michelle Rhee resigned 48 hours ago, and I haven’t seen much else written about it besides the initial media coverage. No one can seem to decide what this really means for education reform in DC or the United States. The … Continue reading
Education Inside Out 