The Education Of Michelle Rhee - 1615 Words

Joseph Long 11/29/14 Prof. Richard The education of Michelle Rhee In 2007, Washington D.C. Mayor Andrian Fenty offered Michelle Rhee the position of Chancellor at the Washington D.C. public school district. His goal was to conduct a series of educational reforms of the failing D.C. public school system. Mayor Fenty implemented management reforms by centralizing the management of the DC public school district to Rhee. The Board of Education decision making powers were turned over to Rhee who had mayoral backing for any changes she wanted to make. Rhee embarked on making large educational reforms which aimed at drastically and aggressively making cultural changes to the structure and processes in the Washington D.C. public schools. Rhee reform leadership style focused on creating a culture of responsibility and accountability, from top to bottom, which was reportedly lacking within the D.C. school system. Her goals were to improve the overall student achievement on the D.C. 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