*Newsweek – Michelle Rhee http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/06/why-michelle-rhee-isn-t-done-with-school-reform.html So, I finished reading Michelle Rhee’s “I’m not done fighting” article. I’m glad that I took the time to read it. Even though Rhee didn’t have any direct impact on the schools in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) I have heard the commentary and backlash dealing with her. And although I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
*Newsweek – Michelle Rhee http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/06/why-michelle-rhee-isn-t-done-with-school-reform.html I just got this Newsweek issue; and although I haven’t finished it yet, I know it’s going to be a good article. I sort of wished that I lived in D.C. so I could get a better idea about what people there think of her. I’m assuming it isn’t all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
• Talk about the money, but bring it back around to the ways in which we can reform education. End article on a happy note. * • It takes money to get the best teachers (although I haven’t met a teacher yet who felt that they were getting paid adequately). And it takes money to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now that I have established that schools and businesses aren’t the same (and I hope you agree); what is it that we do? We, the general public, see that our kids aren’t doing well, that there are problems in education. I am not disagreeing with that. Yet, why is it that we automatically jump to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As education reform is both such an important and a ‘hot’ topic presently, this article is going to be broken into three parts. One part will be available each Monday, starting with this Monday, October 18, 2010. Lewis Black said it perfectly, “It’s fall, so it’s time for everyone to care about education for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
