Michelle Rhee has resigned from D.C. Public Educational facilities within the wake of a new mayor-elect. According to the Boston Globe, Rhee’s decision was made after discussion with new mayor Vincent Gray. Deputy Chancellor Henderson will assist out the remainder of the institution years, writes the Washington Post.
Rhee challenged the teachers’ union
Test scores within the public schools of the District of Columbia tend to be pretty low. Michelle Rhee arrived and changed all that. Teachers that were not doing their jobs were either kicked out or had to improve which is how Rhee made educational facilities better. The number of teacher firings in Washington, D.C., schools earned Rhee numerous enemies, primarily those who supported the teachers’ union and tenure system. Based on Innovative Education Management, the system had enabled teachers who had been at a school for three years or more to become a fixture at that school. Getting teachers fired was not very easy. Lots of proof had to be shown for these firings. Lots of the teachers didn’t worry about putting forth effort in the classroom. This had been because there was a significant amount of job security for them.
‘Unions can smell blood’ apparently
Now that Michelle Rhee has resigned, it can be up to Henderson to push her previous boss’s education reform agenda. The Globe describes though, “the unions can smell blood.” Henderson is expected to be “gone by Christmas.” Also, tenure will continue and all the teaching talent within the D.C. public educational facilities will probably go elsewhere in the near future. The investment plans that foundations made giving the D.C. educational facilities fast cash because Michelle Rhee had been there will probably all be changed. Is it possible that D.C. educational facilities will not stop recovering from the terrible scores known to them since Rhee was likely the only person who could do this. If she is not there, then will anything change? We might not see an education reform for a while nevertheless. This is because the D.C. teachers union is supported by Mayor Gray. The forecast appears to call for more business as usual for D.C. Schools. Also, an inspiring reformer is lost from the American public schools.
Citations
Boston Glove
boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2010/10/_she_will_be_replaced.html
Innovative Education Management, Inc
ieminc.org/
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