Michelle Rhee in DC: Episode 2 - Pt 1

[rowdy8888]

she says .. im terminating your principalship, now. I Love it. You just got cut! & out with these "has beens, that never was." The hanger on mentality in public education is unreal.

[ghomsid]

Michelle Rhee was at the top and putting a lot of pressure and stress on principals and in turn principals putting a ton of pressure on teachers. I absolutely agree with everything Rhee says and believe that's what it should be, but unfortunately, things are not that way. What these principals and teachers need is a support system to help them to be more successful.

PS: Rhee, most of us are ANGRY about the achievement gap, but we need to be REALISTIC in our work as educators in closing the gap

[marcostar57]

@ghomsid  Yep, Rhee and her cohorts push a simplistic solution. They foolishly think 'progress' can be achieved through sheer will -- and all progress is measureable through test scores. Having taught in the inner-city, I know of the problems and how teachers lack support. Being realistic is the KEY!

[ghomsid]

I want to see Michelle Rhee as the principal of Anacostia High School...

What i ask myself is what support did Rhee offer to this hardworking principal? obviously, she was struggling, but you can tell that she has a heart at the right place. I mean she is walking into classrooms making sure that students are engaged and actively involved in the learning process. We say a lot of times that all students can learn and achieve at their highest levels, but we really need to be REALISTIC!

[EchoMike03]

Compassion????

I don't get this argument.

So to some people it's more compassionate to leave ineffectinve people in place and continue to ruin another generation of kids.

F That!!! Fire their asses. There's plenty of good people that would be willing to do the job, and do it right.

I'm sick of coddling people, ESPECIALLY adults!!!

[retsep81]

Did MsJanetWood just copy and paste the same crap into every video on YouTube with Michelle Rhee? Clearly you're a union fat cat or an awful teacher, good teachers should like Michelle Rhee for pushing to up their salaries to $140,000 a year.

[itsjustme2919]

@retsep81 But how come I haven't heard these teachers that have made 140 grand talking about how great it is? I haven't heard of teachers making 140 grand.

[retsep81]

@itsjustme2919 You haven't heard about teachers making $140K because the unions refused to vote on merit based pay.

[itsjustme2919]

@retsep81 they make promises but where does the money come from? school districts are strained with teachers making 50k a year.

[retsep81]

@itsjustme2919 They made room in the budget for this, but it was the union that refused to allow a vote on it. Part of the deal was that the teachers would need to give up tenure, so part of the money would have come from firing the bad teachers.

Tenure is so college professors have some protection if they say controversial things or for them to be able to do research, there is absolutely no reason elementary or high school teachers need tenure.

[marcostar57]

@retsep81 Huh $140K WTF?! Stop drinking the Faux Noise anti-teacher kool-aid you dumshit!

[2919larkwood]

Michelle Rhee has a terrible outlook on education. She will no doubt ruin many lives. I predict that scores might get better, but children will not learn to be critical, self-motivated learners. They will forever be driven by exterior motivators, and thus will be blind to the beauty that is a life of inquiry and learning.

[dba7dba]

But apparently with status quo, their lives will be ruined anyways...

[stephyellow]

hmmm i hope she does good.....