I’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 [...]
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Teach Locally, but Think Nationally
December 9, 2009Oh The Tests You Will Take
December 3, 2009With apologies to Dr. Seuss, I got this idea from reading Richard Kessler. Oh The Tests You Will Take By Nate Peele Congratulations! Today is the best You’re off now to School! To take your first test! You have your eraser. You have your number twos. You can fill in whichever circle you choose. We’re [...]
So What’s the Point?
November 26, 2009Some of you may know me as Nate Peele. Nate is a character that I invented a year and a half ago for the satirical blog www.thatsrightnate.com. Nate owns and operates his family’s self-storage business and he’s what is derogatorily called a right wing nut job. I am not Nate. Nate was created to [...]
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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