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D.C. to NY Schools Chancellor: "Be Like D.C."

061410dc.jpg On Sunday, D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee had some suggestions for NYC's school system, mainly that we should adopt a teachers' union contract like her's, which she calls "groundbreaking in many ways." NYC public school teachers can make up to $100,000, but Rhee wrote in a Daily News op-ed, "The best teachers, in my opinion, should be paid a lot more." She suggests firing "ineffective" teachers and basing those layoffs on performance, not tenure. The DOE already proposed a bill tying teacher performance to test scores. DC Schools Insider notes that Rhee was once Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's protege; a commenter grouses, "Rhee is already the poster child of the pushy, smug, opinionated 'N'Yawker' caricature, so full of certitude and so lacking in humility."

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  • longacre

    DC's whole school system would probably fit into two NYC high schools.

  • gattopardo

    I would also suggest that Chancellor Klein turn raindrops into candy and rats into puppies.

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