WPost Explores Rhee's Legacy In DC School System

The Washington Post (10/17, Turque) reports on the legacy of former DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee a year after her resignation, noting that "an examination of her legacy, with a year's perspective, reveals a mixed picture of hits, misses, long-term effects and continuing question marks for the 45,000-student system." Noting that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty gave Rhee "total authority...to turn the low-achieving system on its head," the Post discusses changes in teacher pay, basic financing and operations, and labor relations. "Rhee's hard-nosed change agency in these areas has allowed her successor and former top deputy, Kaya Henderson, to focus on such matters as curriculum and professional development for teachers."