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The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes On The Nation's Worst School District (2011)

by Richard Whitmire(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0470905298 (ISBN13: 9780470905296)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: Really, really liked this book. The state of education in DCPS is appalling. Reading about the reforms that Rhee attempted to push through and the opposition she faced from district council members, union heads, and parents made me angry and so very sad for the children of DCPS. I can only hope that some of the reforms that she and her staff implemented can survive her departure and continued improvements will be made going forward. I would love to know the state of DCPS now, just 2 years after Rhee's resignation, and will be searching the Internet for more information. Additionally will be looking at Rhee's next project Student's First and how that is going. Highly recommend this book!
review 2: Interesting journaling of Michelle Rhee's attempts to establish... more drastic school reforms. This book did suffer a few ways: (1) the author was rather biased towards Rhee, as she wrote the foreword to his previous book. This led to a telling of the tale that leaned heavily on one side, and wasn't as balanced as it could have been.; (2) despite the author's repeated interviews with Rhee, her cohorts and her family, this was still an unauthorized biography. Something was not quite ringing true with the Rhee camp, and it was never pointed out what that was.; and (3) some researched numbers seemed questionable, with certain liberties taken (statements about repeated site visits not producing 'evidence to the contrary' to his calculations). That being said, the book overall was an engaging read, albeit slight dubious on the research end. less

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