Michelle Rhee is the founder and President of The New Teacher Project, a non-profit organization which partners with high-needs school districts to recruit and train new teachers. She founded the program in 1997, and it has since expanded to forty programs in twenty states, having recruited more than 10,000 teachers. On June 12th, 2007, Washington, DC mayor Adrian Fenty announced that he had chosen her to replace Superintendent of DC Public Schools, … Wikipedia
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What to make of today's announcement that Michelle Rhee, until now honcho of The New Teacher Project, has been appointed to run the DC public school system? blogs.edweek.org/edweek/thisweekineducation/2007/06/schoo...
As founder, CEO, and president, Rhee has guided TNTP's growth from an idea to a national organization of more than 100 full-time staff members. www.ncctq.org/webcasts/teacherPrep/experts.php
Rhee's commitment to excellence in education began in 1992, when she started her teaching career at Harlem Park Community School, in Baltimore as a part of the Teach For America program. www.nctq.org/nctq/about/rhee.html
AT 12:01 THIS morning, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty took control of the city's troubled schools. His first act is to pick as his chancellor, as the superintendent will now be called, a 37-year-old woman who has never run a school district. Mr. Fenty's uncon www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/...
After assuming control of the schools at midnight, Fenty (D) planned to announce at a 9:30 a.m. news conference today that he has tapped Michelle A. Rhee for the new job of schools chancellor. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/...
