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Is Michelle Rhee Really Producing?
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Gray has tapped the D.C. auditor to organize the project, which will draw upon independently produced research, not just school system data. He said the mayor's office was to have produced an evaluation of the new governance structure a year ago. Instead, the mayor proposed a privately funded study to be conducted by researchers known to be favorable toward a mayoral takeover of schools.
Gray said he wants impartiality, not advocacy. He hopes to have the council's evaluation project up and running by early spring.
Good. The city must know where Rhee is going. I say this as a supporter of Fenty's takeover and of Rhee's whacks at the Gordian knots entangling the school system. ["Rhee vs. the Central-Office Hydra," Aug. 18, 2007; "Coming Soon: The Real Schools Battle," Sept. 29, 2007]. Last August, I had lunch with Rhee near the anniversary of our first meeting to get an update on school system reforms.
What a difference a year makes.
The session wasn't what I expected.
An hour's conversation, and it was all about her.
