Creativity is good and whatever. But if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're not doing your job. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
In schools where parent involvement is greater, you do have higher achievement levels and better functioning, better performing schools. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've always, my… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
There’s a belief now that the problem with our schools is parents, that if we just had better parents we would have better performing… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
If you grew up in a lower-income community, or less well-off, the belief is that the way to change that circumstance is through education. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
If a country puts its entire focus on making sure that the education system improves, then that's the kind of progress that you can… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
We need to identify the least effective or ineffective teachers and for those people we need to either quickly accelerate their practice or move… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
I think that one thing that people are missing is that we are never going to be able to fix this country's [American] economy… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations that protect… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
We've lost our competitive spirit. We've become so obsessed with making kids feel good about themselves that we've lost sight of building the skills… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their jobs.… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
We are always going to put the best interests of kids above the rights, privileges and priorities of adults. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
We need to do everything we can to ensure every single child has an effective teacher every day, which means we need to identify… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share
