Sentences with phrase «dc schools chancellor»

But there is a silver lining for DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee (portrayed as «DC's Braveheart» in a new Education Next profile): her schools, and those in just four states, were the only ones to post gains in both fourth and eighth grades over the past two years.

According to author Steven Brill, ex — DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee's new group, StudentsFirst, raised $ 100 million within a few months of Levesque's remarks.

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Less than a month ago, Antwan Wilson took the helm of Washington, DC's public schools as the new chancellor.

In DC ~ schools chancellor Michelle Rhee boasted that all subgroups improved reading and math test scores between 2007 and 2010 ~ with low - income and minority high school students showing double - digit gains.

The former chancellor of Washington, DC, public schools, Rhee is an unconventional pick.

Last year, the Washington Post found the previous school chancellor also helped connected parents get their kids into better public schools without having to use the lottery system, and that DC schools were lying about their suspension rates.

«Academic success and engagement are not mutually exclusive,» argued DC Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson.

In 2009, then chancellor of DC public schools, Michelle Rhee, implemented the «impact» system in a drastic move to save a failing school system.

The New Teacher Project (TNTP) has recently released a new report, Keeping Irreplaceables in D.C. Public Schools: Lessons in Smart Retention, which holds up the reforms begun in DC public schools by former schools chancellor Michelle Rhee as a model for human capital Schools: Lessons in Smart Retention, which holds up the reforms begun in DC public schools by former schools chancellor Michelle Rhee as a model for human capital schools by former schools chancellor Michelle Rhee as a model for human capital schools chancellor Michelle Rhee as a model for human capital reform.

Additionally, public school chancellor Michelle Rhee requested, and the DC City Council granted, $ 81 million in supplementary operating funding, as reported by the Washington Post.

• Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC Public Schools and one of the country's most well - known «education reformers,» knew early on about widespread testing irregularities and possible cheating — far earlier than she has claimed publicly to have known, according to a confidential memo that was sent to her back in 2009 and obtained by PBS» John Merrow.