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...when the students took their standardized tests. Would they improve more than the kids who were not getting paid? Or would they, as the psychologists predicted, actually do worse? "If it doesn't work, we're going to stop and start doing something else," says Washington schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. "But if it does work, it should drive where we put our money." (Watch Michelle Rhee talk about D.C. schools...
...When Fryer briefed Rhee, the Washington schools chancellor, about the results, she was shocked - happily so. "It is just so hard to show impact in education," Rhee says, citing past experiments that showed no payoff despite enormous effort. "We don't see results like this for a lot of other things we're doing," she says. So she went to the Washington city council to ask for more money to keep paying kids - and to keep studying what happens. "If next year's data show something different, so be it," Rhee says. "We'll take it year by year...
...first three matches easily in straight sets against opponents from Yale, Brown, and Boston College. In the quarterfinals, Cao faced off against Jessie Rhee of Yale and emerged with a 7-6, 6-4 victory. She will play Melissa Saiontz of Princeton tomorrow in the semifinal match...
...students interviewed were familiar with his platform before yesterday’s event. Attendees, about two thirds of whom were Asian American, were divided over the importance of Yoon’s heritage. “It’s huge,” said Allison J. Rhee, a Northeastern student attending the event. “[His being Asian American] is one of the only reasons we knew his name,” she said. But other students at the event said they were more interested in Yoon’s positions—such as a promise...
...onlooking teammates rushed onto the court to congratulate her.“It was very exciting,” Sibilski said. “I’m really proud of our team.”To add to the victory, Peterzan defeated No. 85 Jessica Rhee in a super tiebreak, 7-6 (1), 5-7, (10-7).HARVARD 4, BROWN 3On Friday, the Ko and Sibilski partnership defeated No. 67 pair Bianca Aboubakare and Cassandra Herzberg to earn its second win of the week over a ranked opponent. With the 8-6 victory, Ko and Sibilski delivered only...