I’ve often said that the moment you try to run schools like a business you succeed only in running it like the worst type of top down autocratic business where the big bosses make edicts that have nothing to do with the job reality of their work force. In other words, think of Chrysler in [...]
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Goals Gone Wild
January 15, 2010Fighting Privatization
January 4, 2010I’ve made a resolution to do a better job keeping this blog updated this year. The assault on education in this country and in my own city of Chicago is too pressing not to be vocal about what’s going on. I’ve mentioned before that I am a member of CORE (The Caucus of Rank and [...]
Teach Locally, but Think Nationally
December 9, 2009I’ve been getting a lot of traffic from Washington, DC lately on both of my blogs because of the writing that I’ve done on Michelle Rhee. To my mind, Washington is definitely ground zero in the battle to privatize our schools. What Michelle Rhee has done with her summary firings in our nation’s capital should [...]
Catching Up With Michelle Rhee
November 26, 2009Reprinted from www.thatsrightnate.com – November 24, 2009 Yes, it’s one of those Michelle Rhee articles and I’m trying to figure out where to begin as we catch up with the single most destructive force in education today. Michelle recently got engaged to former NBA star, Sacramento Mayor, and accused sexual predator Kevin Johnson. This is [...]
Imagine Schools Cash in on Education
November 26, 2009Reprinted from www.thatsrightnate.com – November 9, 2009 Dennis Bakke is on top of the education world. As the CEO of Imagine Schools, he oversees the fastest growing brand name in the education business with over 36,000 students at 74 schools in 12 states and the District of Columbia. He is rightfully heralded as one of [...]
Michelle Rhee and the Washington Education Miracle Part IV
November 26, 2009And now gentle reader, we find ourselves at the penultimate act of our little drama. Throughout the summer of 2009, the DC Public Schools recruited like a drunken frat boy collecting phone numbers at a kegger. By the end of the summer, there were a whole host of new, young, and energetic students ready to [...]
Michelle Rhee and the Washington Education Miracle Part 3
November 26, 2009Michelle Rhee needed a way to get rid of bad teachers. In June of this year she dismissed about 80 tenured teachers for poor performance in June, after giving them 90 days’ notice and a chance to improve and there was barely any public protest, but this process was too slow. Tenure was her biggest [...]
Michelle Rhee and The Washington Education Miracle Part 2
November 26, 2009I think if there is one thing I have learned over the last 15 months it’s that cooperation, collaboration and consensus-building are way overrated,” Michelle Rhee at the Aspen Institute’s education summit at the Mayflower Hotel. Since being appointed as Chancellor of the DC Public Schools, Michelle Rhee has fought a battle with the city’s [...]
Michelle Rhee and the Washington Education Miracle Part 1
November 26, 2009Reprinted from www.thatsrightnate.com – October 21, 2009 Previously, I have posted about the wonderful work done by basketball player turned educator Arne Duncan in Chicago. Tonight, we look at the dynamic young go getter who is saving the Washington DC public schools. Her accolades are many with education luminaries like Oprah and George W. Bush [...]
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