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Summary

This book chronicles the life and work of the dynamic and  controversial Michelle Rhee -- from her first teaching job in a  West Baltimore classroom to her current position as chancellor  of Washington DC public schools.  Along the way, we also learn  about the fundamental problems in our current education  system, and -- most of all -- about the politics of  leadership.   When Rhee first arrived in Washington, she found a school  district that had been so broken for so long, that everyone had  long since given up.  Her determination to turn the situation  around, her encounters with community politics and long-simmering  racial tensions, and her battles with central office bureaucrats  and teachers unions have been featured in major media outlets such  as Time, Newsweek, and The Wall Street  Journal.      The book concludes with an inside account of the  contentious re-election race of mayor Adrian Fenty, a preview  of Rhee's future, and lessons for would-be reformers.  An  8-page photo insert includes images of Rhee from childhood through  the present.

Duration: about 8 hours (07:35:44)
Publishing date: 2020-07-20; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —

• Biography & Memoirs
• Essay