Who Created “Michelle Rhee”? We know that the flesh and blood Michelle A.
Rhee was born in Michigan 43 years ago, the second child of South Korean immigrants Shang Rhee, a physician, and Inza Rhee, a clothing store owner. She spent most of her childhood in Ohio, where she attended public and private schools. My question is about the public phenomenon known as “Michelle Rhee.” The one that’s has become America’s most prominent education activist.
Common Core Non-Fiction Reading Task #1: The DC Erasure Study Memo - Living in Dialogue. School Belongs to the Children. I am honored to sit on a privacy panel with Leonie Haimson of New York, Jason France of Louisiana (aka Crazy Crawfish) and others who have successfully advocated for student privacy in our respective states.
If you are unable to come to Austin, get ready to join United Opt Out's spring conference in Denver, CO on March 28-30th, 2014. Come learn how to exercise your parental rights to advocate for your children. Finally, we're excited to announce that substantive student privacy legislation may be introduced in the Colorado General Assembly this session. Please see encouraging details from Chalkbeat Colorado HERE. From the Chalkbeat CO article: Notes from Diane – March 22, 2013: Our Positive Agenda. Diane Ravitch President Dear Friends, The Network for Public Education has received a very positive response, and we are building alliances with grassroots groups across the nation.
Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics? Friday, March 22, 2013 Every Friday, Dan Lawlor breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Rhode Island politics.
Check out who made the cut this week. Who's Hot Providence Student Union-> This past weekend, dozens of adults - lawmakers, reporters, parents, professors, business people - took the state's proposed new high school graduation requirement at an event organized by PSU. Most adults failed. Nina Pande-> This hard working non-profit executive director and former Providence School Board President has taken the reins at John Hope Settlement House, and is engaged in a heavy duty turnaround at the decades old agency. Mike Chippendale -> This Northern RI state representative has made some waves opposing the repayment of the multi-million dollar 38 Studios bonds.
Gordon Fox-> The Speaker and Senate President announced that General Assembly hearings will now be streamed live on the web. Breaking News: Providence Officials Oppose Graduation Test. The Providence Student Union has taken a stand against the NECAP graduation test.
Last Saturday, a few dozen local leaders took the test, any said it was too hard for them, and they are nervously waiting for their scores. When students take action, everything changes! Here is the news: “Providence City Council education committee opposes NECAP as graduation requirement” March 18, 2013 By Linda Borg PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The City Council’s education committee is asking the Rhode Island Department of Education to abandon using the New England Common Assessment Program as a requirement for high school graduation. Washington Post. Here’s a powerful piece about how an award-winning principal went from being a Common Core supporter to an opponent.
This was written by Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is one of the co-authors of the principals’ letter against evaluating teachers by student test scores, which has been signed by 1,535 New York principals. What teachers really want to tell parents. Teacher Ron Clark is pictured with his students.
Ron Clark is an award-winning teacher who started his own academy in AtlantaHe wants parents to trust teachers and their advice about their students Clark says some teachers hand out A grades so parents won't bother themIt's OK for kids to get in trouble sometimes; it teaches life lessons, Clark says Editor's note: Ron Clark, author of "The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck -- 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers," has been named "American Teacher of the Year" by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey's pick as her "Phenomenal Man.
" He founded The Ron Clark Academy, which educators from around the world have visited to learn. This article's massive social media response inspired CNN to follow up with Facebook users. Some of the best comments were featured in a gallery. Now We Know Why Obama Doesn’t Understand VAM. In order to truly understand value added modeling (VAM), forget the likes of me and of others who hold degrees in mathematics, or statistics, or measurement.
Forget that we offer solid, detailed discussions of the problems of VAM. For Teachers, Shame Is No Solution. Robin West: Michelle Rhees Costly Agenda (Michelle Rhee, Radical) Michelle Rhee’s new book, Radical: Fighting To Put Students First, is a captivating memoir.
She tells the story of her childhood struggles with her Korean and American heritage, her education triumphs and frustrations from early grade school through college, and her experiences as a new Teach For America recruit in a struggling Baltimore school. Eventually, she rises as chancellor of Washington D.C. public schools and a crusader for education reform. Together these experiences are grist for a successful narrative that reveals her motivations and disposes the reader favorably towards Rhee.