Superintendents and Chancellors don’t turn school districts around – that's the job of principals and teachers. What they do is establish conditions that make turn-around more likely – budgets, infrastructure, incentives, empowerment, buy-in, and accountability. Michelle Rhee has a record of some sucess in teacher development, but she is not being hired to improve DC's teaching force, she's supposed to manage the district. Can she? Will she?   more »

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