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February 10, 2009Trenton Conundrum
February 11, 2009Michelle Rhee Pushes On
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the D.C. Public Schools and enemy of the tenured educator, makes nice to teachers in today’s Washington Post:
I often speak of our district’s performance data with sadness and outrage. The situation for our city’s children is dire. Yet while I acknowledge the seriousness of the work we face, I want to be clear about something: I do not blame teachers for the low achievement levels.
Her offer to the D.C. union — to create a new compensation plan that offers either standard pay and job security or big money and no tenure — has created quite a stir. Here’s the union’s counter-proposal.