Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee’s group finally drops anti-gay honoree

An 11-year-old's petition pushed StudentsFirst to denounce "Don't Say Gay" bill sponsor Tenn. state Rep. John Ragan VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 10:05 PM UTC 17
Life Video, studentsfirst

Poor schools underperform largely because of economic forces, not because teachers have it too easy

David Sirota Monday, Jun 3, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 301
Politics Michelle Rhee, Education

StudentsFirst declines to rescind award to John Ragan, fudges timeline of events and deletes laudatory blog post

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 8:59 PM UTC 73
Life Michelle Rhee, Charter schools

The controversial education nonprofit celebrated anti-gay lawmaker Rep. John Ragan for "always doing right by kids"

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Apr 29, 2013 9:19 PM UTC 16
Life LGBT Rights, gay teens

Her education "reform" movement sends the lovely message that communities should stay out of their schools

David Sirota Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:45 PM UTC 52
Business Education, Education Reform

"Frontline" examines the face of "education reform" and the cheating she refused to investigate in Washington

Alex Pareene Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 9:51 PM UTC 68
Politics Politics, Education Reform

The school-reform advocate touts her "bipartisan" bona fides, but more and more of her allies are conservatives

Daniel Denvir Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 34
Politics Mike Bloomberg, Conservatives

No Child Left Behind has unleashed a nationwide epidemic of cheating. Will education reformers wake up?

Daniel Denvir Friday, May 25, 2012 4:26 PM UTC 65
Politics Education, Michelle Rhee

After her controversial predecessor, Kaya Henderson settles down D.C.'s troubled school system. Can she save it?

Maggie Severns Friday, Nov 18, 2011 10:26 PM UTC 17
News Education, Michelle Rhee