What Can We Learn about Improving Professional Development from Michelle Rhee?

"NCLB has done more to stigmatize and demoralize our students and teachers in struggling schools than it has to marshal the talent and determination with the resources to turn them around." 11/20/07 Obama. "End the mandates on NCLB,it's not working." Hillary Clinton. Per a Phi Delta Kappa & Gallop; 2 of 10 Americans believe the NCLB legislative should be continued without significant change." "Lack of funding for schools tops the list of biggest problems facing schools." The sixth year in a row. How are the Bills currently written viewing the Re-Authorization of NCLB,PL 107-110 going Congress ? A quote from Rhee found with the Washington Post reads,"I know we can institute the most radical reform-minded teachers contract in the country." Stay tuned for station identification as Rhee re-writes the Constitution and our educational laws on her reinforcement ship NCLB and 10 % ? Opposed and see building operations and support with resources ! GS 115C-325,14th Amendment,Title IX,Cannon,Sullivan,and viewing Rhee's approach to educational reform wondering,is there no administrative remedy in the real world ? Title VII,right of action,due process,for 1&1 unfair labor practices cases see 50 FLRA no. 40.Grievance arbitration looks busy ! Ya know the OCR recieved over 6,628 discrimination complaints and 51% were filed against elementary and secondary schools. Would hope the US Dept. of Civil Rights office is over seeing Rhee's reform viewing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,as amended,42 U.S.C.& 2000(e),The Age of Discriminination in Employment Act of 1967,as amended,29 U.S.C.&621,Civil Rights Act of 1866 and it gets deeper as ya go along."Throw the water Dorothy",said the Tin Man."Help,I'm melting !" This teacher contract ? DC has no self-governance ? They are not tenants and this is the United States of America ! There is this mean spirited Abolishment Statute Code & 1-624-08,docket no.07-581 in appeals for unfair application of the rules upon our Supreme Court for review. Lions and tigers and bears,oh my !The teacher contract went from collective bargaining,Constitution Basis Article 1 Section 6 to crisis bargaining.How nice ! We are losing 50 % of our teachers in the US within five years and here comes Rhee's radical reform ship to reinforce NCLB and 10%. Executive Order 10925,1961 John F. Kennedy and equal opportunity with justice for both the disadvantaged and advantaged."Rhee keeps hammering away at the democratic party on education and thinks the Republicans do it better." Washington Post quote. The budget is driven toward teacher salary ? Certain schools can out spend others with veteran teachers and it causes huge funding equities. How about taylored to the needs of students and building critical needs like,get the teachers books for their children and meet operational resources to support principles in school buildings.Perhaps more driven toward decentralized decision making and academic unison with a democratic spirited involvement.Equalize and fair balance of interests. The Charter Schools lost Fanny Mae and o'l Mae while public schools got hit with Pl 107-110 NCLB,a law not funded and more accountability. We're broke as a church mouse and the superintendents say they're going to have to cut back on their budgets ? Systemic conditions of effective steering ? We may have to cut back on the administration and will be needing teachers,resources and support for the children.Do you think NCLB is radically egalitarian ? It has been more important for schools to identify deficiencies than to cultivate gifts. We'll sink that NCLB and 10 % ship and back down ! To many millions ! Isn't is a shame the rate of doctorates has fallen since 1970 ? In a NCLB conception of public education,lifting everyone up to a mimimum level is more important than allowing students to excell to their limit. Guskey and Marzano tried to tell them years ago and they didn't listen but we read their books anyway. Another one that may be of interest is Manufactured Crisis. If I could say one thing about Rhee reform,it would be, KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT DC ! "If I only had a brain." Rhee reform=Icebergs ahead ! Opposed ! Fill your survival kits with resources and support under NCLB and 10 %. Thank-you and enjoyed your blog. Follow the Yellow Brick Road ! Public Education rises from the ashes and makes come back !

The Washington Post writes, "Counsil is irate and exasperated with Rhee's handling of a proposed $100 million reshuffling of school funds." What's going on ? Empiricism at the expense of the bigger picture ? Escapology with Houdini but most importantly, where is the money being spent ? So much for orchestrated movements and teamwork.Maybe we need to evaluate the pragmatist doctrine as it asserts that experience includes both particulars,and that therefore both deserve a place in our explanations.Rhee's intentionality and vision is driven for Charter and Autonomous schools but she is in public education. Where is the financial Policy and proceedures manual ? Will these administrative proceedures viewing creative funding formulas be acceptable for the tax payers,counsil and school system ? Respecting creative solutions in ambiguous circumstances but the budget needs to be on the dime to the line and put it on E-bay for tax payers to visualize.See general knowledge of finance functions of a school system Mrs. Rhee. In the current economic crisis we are working hard to define problems and collect and analyze data.Vincent Gray on behalf of the DC Counsil introduced a Bill."To ensure that the budgeting process for the District of Columbia Public Schools transparent and guarantees adequate opportunity for necessary public imput. So far,we don't know if Mayor Fenty required by law has scheduled a public hearing.Per the media reported there , the media reported Mrs. Levy with the Public Education Reform for Washington Lawyers and Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs asked a smart question of Rhee."What is the $794.6 million based on ?" "Does it start from the ground up with what schools need in the classroom ?" "Or,simply dividing the pot ?" Also, media reported finance officials and private auditors projected a deficit in the school system budget and eight months later, a budget meeting with their Counsil and they're still irate about Rhee's budget.School buildings successfully appealed Rhee's controversial budget and that was reported by the Washington Post.Meanwhile, Anacostia High needs an exterminator and reports of rodents and smells of urine in their school building as well as other maintance building needs requested. What 's the City Sanitation doing and kids are in school building with working conditions less than acceptable for Public Education in America ! Call Terminix and hire a cleaning service but evidently that has not been authorized and teachers requested prior to school starting with Rhee due to building conditions.24 principles fired and 22 asst. principles,98 central office,250 teachers and 500 teacher aids per reports.Support and instructional feedback is critical to growth and development and on the job training is effective ! Go HOUSSE and changes in licensure viewing instructional accoutability and cut the red tape and go teach ! We'll be right there to support your success but they cut the funding and we're losing 50% of our teachers within five years. Under NCLB and 10% Rhee went public saying she wants, US to call a "State of Emergency" for DC schools to ease way for system-wide over-haul.Umm,a move to eliminate the need to bargin with Washington Teachers Union ? The AFT put out an all watch and "UNION CHEIFS" will meet will Rhee. Call the native Americans and maybe they'll do a Unity Stomp Dance and this research has turned into a drama. Who is going to re-write the Public Education administrative foundations of policy and proceedure and not sure, if the Public Education team understands what Rhee is doing.You have a Public School Team,Charter School Team,Private School with vouchers team and autonomus schools. It's all great but pick your team and stop trying to merge the teams and that's disruptive of the system uniformity of Public Education. Metaphorically speaking,don't try to merge the RedSkins with the Dallas Cowboy's but trade the players? The concept of Charter and Autonomus by Rhee incorporated into Public Education is confusing of the whole ? Not supportive of the mandates viewing NCLB and see it sinking. It's a matter of trying to decide what to get off the ship before it hits the bottom of the sea.Some are still standing on it arguing in debate but personally, would grab the Paul Coverdale,House Bill 706 approved,vote for a vetto over-ride and don't forget the HOUSSE evaluation for licensure !Jump for the raft until re-authorization comes to terms and see instructional accountability and go teach. What happened to the BS Majors in Early Childhood Education ,certified K-3 from the 80's ? Why don't we have a fun spirit rally ? All US Public School Teachers meet at the Washington Monument ! Looking for one fire truck and a marching band ! Kind of an educational celebration to end the 10% on NCLB !"Twisting The Night Away" and Sam Cook to ya ! Teaching is fun and so is learning ! Plug your style on in there and be unconventional but keep the train on the track ! Bubble that NCLB on 10% and creativity just kicked into instruction and so did school spirit. Hooray, the NCLB and 10% is sinking ! Public Education needs a bail out package !

Sounds more like a consolidation and Kindergarten,welcome to Jr. High. Would you send your child ? Personally no and prefer K-5.

Read an interesting article with NC Alliance by Linda Kakadelis and NCEA. Education Tax Credits Drive For Charter or Public Schools. Do we see fair balance of interests with NCLB and 10% Pl 107-110 ? Federal Establishment Clause,State Establisment Clause,State Blaine Amendment,State Compelled Support Clause,State Uniformity Clause ? Gotta kick in a little intelligent debate viewing 10% and NCLB. Judge Cole Jr. with the 6th District Court of Appeals on NCLB and this may be a tough hill to climb for Public Education but let's go for a fair balance of interests !Choice is a Constutional right and respected ! Open the debate for all sides and perspective of which drives excellence and at the end, we'll all agree to disagree but it's a team effort driven mission for the kids.Sounds more like an economic driven agenda than one that has the best interests from the bottom up formula in fiance in mind.It's for low income families and middle class to send their children to private and or charter ? We'll keep the philanthropy tax credit but are scholars with the 4.3's graduating seeing their scholorship funding ? Have some single moms to bring in on that fair and square divide of the pie and it has nothing to do with politics or who you know ? A few red flags on that play !NC spends $ 7,328 per pupil in 2004-2005. 67.46 % tax dollars,24.28 percent from local and 8.26 % from federal. 8.26 % In NC from Federal on NCLB and 10% a law not funded ? Who's eating the entire pie for charter and private with vouchers ? That's a fuss and not fair ! Divide the pie between interests as fairly as you can, while you cut it. They're taking off with the whole pie and the whip cream too ! Let's fair and square up with the NCLB and 10% before we get creative on tax interests. We'll hang on tight to the Uniformity Clause but we're getting torn up. Read Manufactured Crisis and call Guskey and Marzano ! The General Assembly has not funded adaquately NCLB and 10% for Public Education and we ended up with bad press and and a D or 70% on our Nations report card. How many of these non-profits relating to education have filed a A133 and has this audit been published for public review ? Respecting funding flexibility but where is the operations expenditures breakdown consolidated for public review on mathmatical creative fiance formula. Is it driven from the bottom up or are our United States Public School buildings and the children going without ? AYP drives penalities under NCLB and 10% and see Title I and especially in our inner city schools. Who's going on Saturday Night Live holding a sign that says 10% and NCLB,broke as a church mouse and go Public Education ? We'll go up and yeild to the speaker of the house dressed like hobo's and we don't own jets but we have a plan when we get there ! One fire truck and a marching band ! Public Education rises from the ashes and makes come back ! "Don't let the green grass fool you !" Say what you need to say young Public Education teachers and make a difference !Go be unconventional and creative, making learning fun for your students.NC doesn't have the establishment clause ! So, can we have a US Public School Spirit Rally in DC and all meet at the Washington Monument ? "This substraction is offset however,by $4,450 the state "saves", that would have been spent on that student. The state therefore meets an average $1,450 per student. "Everybody Needs Somebody", send in the Blues Brothers to crunch the numbers on NCLB and 10 % for a realistic reality check and perspective ! Yeild to the speaker of the House ! Stand with questions on Tax credits with questions viewing fair balance of interests clearly viewing Pl107-110 not funded for Public Education ! Thank-you and go Public Education !

Call Ringling Brothers and go to revive on typo's and that was respect "Constitutional Choice" but let's fair and square up on NCLB and 10% with more accountability and the money left behind for Public Education ! See you there for fair balance of interests and will race you to it !