G.F. Brandenburg Rebukes Betsy DeVos on NAEP
Former D.C. math teacher Guy Brandenburg attended the NAEP press conference in D.C. where Betsy DeVos explained what lessons the nation can lean from the...
Category : Michelle Rhee
Gary Rubinstein: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Reform Movement and Its Critics, But Didn’t Ask
This is a hilarious, must-see video, narrated by Gary Rubinstein, about his life in Teach for America, his disillusionment with Reform, and his collision with...
G.F. Brandenburg: Is Michelle Rhee a Liar or Is She Stupid?
G.F. Brandenburg has followed Michelle Rhee’s meteoric rise and fall. He was first to blow the whistle on her specious claim that she raised...
John Merrow: When “Too Good to Be True” Is Not True
John Merrow reviews the miraculous but not true story of the high school in Washington, D.C., that increased its graduation rate from 57% to 100%...
E-Mails Released: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Bankrupted the Black Mayors Association to Benefit Charter Movement
Dave McKenna of Deadspin writes here about the release under court order of emails written by outgoing Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson about his efforts to...
Gary Rubinstein on D.C.’s Performance on the PARCC Tests: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gary’s latest post has a smart title: “For Whom the Bell Tolls; It Tolls for Rhee.” Having received Race to the Top funding, and being...
Weekly Standard: Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento “Mired in Scandal”
The Weekly Standard, a conservative publication, writes that Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento (husband of Michelle Rhee Johnson) is caught up in a growing number...