Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their jobs. In the United States, taxpayers spend almost $600 billion annually on public education, so it's not… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
The reality in Washington D.C. is if you live in Tenleytown versus if you live in Anacostia, you get two wildly different educational experiences. It’s the biggest social injustice imaginable. What we are allowing to happen in this day and… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools. — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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