1. Is Ms. Rhee aligning performance with the strategic goals of the DC Public School System with her corrective action techniques? Michelle Rhee wanted to “change the face of public education”. She felt it was important to identify the teachers who we’re struggling and if they weren’t able to become successful through professional development that they be removed out of the school system, so that they are no longer negatively impacting the students. Her aligning performance to meet the strategic goal of improving the education and raising the test scores of the children in the public school system. She wants to help the teachers succeed by increasing the budget for professional development. Also, provide schools with new staff dedicated to helping teachers improve. 2. Is her approach too radical or needed for such a dysfunctional school system? Remember, this school system ranked as one of the lowest in test scores in the nation in 2007-2008. I feel that her approach for Washington’s Public
School system isn’t too radical. The school system ranked as one of the lowest in test scores in 2007-2008. There are so many children suffering, that only 12% of Washington’s 8th eighth graders are proficient in reading. Who will be held accountable for the low test scores? I do feel that some teachers are just working to collect a paycheck. Therefore, I agree with the radical changes that she has made, by forcing all the teachers to reapply for their jobs. Out of fifty-three teachers that reapplied for their jobs, only twenty-three we’re hired back. In 14 months she closed 23 schools, and replaced 30% of the principals and assistant principals. I feel that many teachers inherit classes of students who are so far behind academically. However, with the right fundamentals, the students could improve. Sometimes, you have to make radical changes to receive radical