blueback
08-29-2008, 05:30 PM
Newsweek has an article (An Unlikely Gambler) about Michelle Rhee who sounds awesome. She is trying to reform the DC school system to replace the teacher's union with a plan that would reward excellent performance with 6 figure salaries. Also, I think she's an INTJ.
A few exerpts:
"Rhee warned [DC's mayor] that she was not politically correct and was sure to cause him political pain."
"She gives you this stare as if she's looking right through you. 'I'm listening but I'm not hearing you'"
"Rhee showed she was serious by firing more than 100 non-union central office workers, including administrators, and [1 in 4] principals."
"She may not be the warmest person...but she's got it totally together"
"If they are willing to go on 'probation' for a year - giving up their job security - and can successfully prove their talent, they can earn more than $100,000 a year and as much as $130,000...after five years. If not, they still get a generous 28 percent raise over five years and keep their tenure. (All new teachers must sign up for the first option and go on probation for four years)"
"In one meeting, according to Rhee's account, she told [the union president] 'Either we do this with you or we do this to you.' And then she challenged him by saying 'you don't have what it takes to pull this off.'"
"I believe this contract is going to pass', she told Newsweek 'and I believe it is going to have a huge impact.' But, she added, 'even if it didn't, it wouldn't stop me."
"It is hard to know how Rhee sustains her own pace. Three days a week she picks up her kids at 5:30 and stays with them until bedtime - then it's back to work until 1 or 2 am when their father...has the kids, she basically works 18 hour days."
"Rhee does not seem interested in the rituals of political nicety"
A few exerpts:
"Rhee warned [DC's mayor] that she was not politically correct and was sure to cause him political pain."
"She gives you this stare as if she's looking right through you. 'I'm listening but I'm not hearing you'"
"Rhee showed she was serious by firing more than 100 non-union central office workers, including administrators, and [1 in 4] principals."
"She may not be the warmest person...but she's got it totally together"
"If they are willing to go on 'probation' for a year - giving up their job security - and can successfully prove their talent, they can earn more than $100,000 a year and as much as $130,000...after five years. If not, they still get a generous 28 percent raise over five years and keep their tenure. (All new teachers must sign up for the first option and go on probation for four years)"
"In one meeting, according to Rhee's account, she told [the union president] 'Either we do this with you or we do this to you.' And then she challenged him by saying 'you don't have what it takes to pull this off.'"
"I believe this contract is going to pass', she told Newsweek 'and I believe it is going to have a huge impact.' But, she added, 'even if it didn't, it wouldn't stop me."
"It is hard to know how Rhee sustains her own pace. Three days a week she picks up her kids at 5:30 and stays with them until bedtime - then it's back to work until 1 or 2 am when their father...has the kids, she basically works 18 hour days."
"Rhee does not seem interested in the rituals of political nicety"