The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District

Autor/in	Whitmire, Richard
Titel	The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District
Quelle	(2011), (296 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4709-0529-6
Schlagwörter	School Closing; School Restructuring; Korean Americans; Profiles; Public Schools; Educational Change; Social Change; Educational Quality; School Districts; High Schools; Unions; Politics of Education; Local Government; Educational Improvement; Women Administrators; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; School district; Schulbezirk; High school; Oberschule; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Gemeindeverwaltung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Weibliche Führungskraft
Abstract	Hailed by Oprah as a "warrior woman for our times," reviled by teachers unions as the enemy, Michelle Rhee, outgoing chancellor of Washington DC public schools, has become the controversial face of school reform. She has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and is currently featured as a hero in the documentary "Waiting for Superman." This is the story of her journey from good-girl daughter of Korean immigrants to tough-minded political game-changer. When Rhee first arrived in Washington, she found a school district that had been so broken for so long, that everyone had long since given up. The book provides an inside view of the union battles, the school closings, and contentious community politics that have been the subject of intense public interest and debate along with a rare look at Rhee's upbringing and life before DC. This book includes an insert with photos from Rhee's personal and professional life, and an "exit" interview that sheds light on what she's learned and where the future might take her. Contents include: (1) An (Asian) American Life; (2) Learn, Teach, Rinse, Repeat; (3) Going National; (4) Welcome to the Nation's Education Superfund Site; (5) Closing Schools; (6) Randi and Michelle; (7) New Hires, New Fires; (8) Up from the Foundations: The Challenge of High School Reform; (9) Rhee's Critics Find a Winning Storyline; (10) The Mayor's Race; (11) Lessons Learned; and (12) What's Next? Notes and an index are also included. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10