Topic: Michelle Rhee

Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System

No one is attacking Washington, D.C.'s stagnant culture more boldly than Michelle Rhee, head of the city's failing schools. Is there a lesson here for our nation's leaders?READ»

• 45 World-Changers
• A History of Public Education Reform in the U.S.
• Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade

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Obama and McCain Fight Over A Woman

As the two presidential candidates fight over vouchers and charters in their third debate, DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee gets a shout-out. Where was she? "Asleep," she says. But she dismisses any talk of her becoming the next Secretary of Education as "ridiculous."READ»

• Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System
• Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade
• A History of Public Education Reform in the U.S.

Editor's Letter: Natural Wonder

A reader wrote in recently to complain about the volume of green-related coverage in Fast Company. I feel obliged to respond. Our editorial priority is not to pursue an environmental agenda. We are committed to highlighting ...READ»

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Dwight Eschliman San Francisco -- based Dwight Eschliman says his photography is an "effort to bring a bit of organization to a disorderly world." Fortunately for Eschliman, the shoot for "Oakley's Optical Illusion" was "easy, ...READ»

Class Actions

Michelle Rhee's overhaul of the D.C. school system is the latest entry in a long history of attempts to improve public education in the U.S. Some highlights:READ»

• The Iron Chancellor
• Gimme an F!

The Divide by Paul Tough

The Divide The debate I wrote aboutyesterday, between the teachers-union wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-charter-school education-reform wing, is in some ways a symptom of a even deeper divide between two competing ...READ»

Michelle Rhee: Partnering With City Year DC to Tackle Dropout "Catastrophe"

Washington, D.C.'s public school system has 45,000 students and an abysmal dropout rate of about 50%, typical of large cities. With a goal to remedy this dropout "catastrophe" (Gen. Colin Powell's term), while being constrained by a ...READ»

Teach For America: It’s Really About an Alumni Movement

  Nearly 20 years old, Teach For America (TFA) has prepared a force of 14,000 TFA alumni “to create massive and systemic changes to solve the inequities in education for students in low-income communities,” according ...READ»