Michelle Rhee in DC: Episode 6 - Pt 2

Michelle Rhee has completed her first year as DC Schools Chancellor and she's made sweeping changes throughout the system: she fired more than 15% of her office staff, removed 36 principals and 22 assistant principals, and announced plans to close 23 underenrolled schools, all before the last day of school.

[@minkaboo]

How could anyone who cares about kids not support Rhee? I love her.

[@SMoldie]

As a British observer of the woes of the US educational system it astonishes me that it has taken a Documentary to wake up Middle class america to the realites of education for the lower middle and working class in america no matter there race/ethnicity. The systemic failures in Public Education are not only the Unions issues, the white flight of millions of americans after desegregation ment the good Public schools in urban areas soon became so called sink schools.

[@3Starbury]

hate her! fired my former teacher. does not give snow days (cause kids wont get to eat meals because apearently there not getting fed at home and rely on school lunches). keeps all the old teachers. there is literally a 90 year old teacher in DCPS. now she gives summer work and winter break work that is required.

[@TheCollegeMoneyMan]

@Kinghercules Now theres an intelligent argument. Did you perhaps attend DC schools before Rhee was Chancellor? Your grammar is seems so appropriate given the topic.

[@itsjustme2919]

@Kinghercules Using the F word is how you conduct business? Wow.

[@SMoldie]

@eric251982 Do you believe your system is functioning, for the majority, in your country?