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...Rhee asks, "what is ... so exceptional about teachers that they should have [tenure]?" How about the fact that they are there when your daughter says she wants to kill herself, when your son is being teased, when your small child forgets lunch and needs a loan. All over the country, groups of teachers worried about youngsters are talking to one another to find answers. These teachers don't go home and forget; they are devising ways to reach their students even as they cook for their families. At first I thought Rhee did not understand D.C. culture, but after...
...Michelle Rhee is to be commended for her dedication to students, slashing of school bureaucracy and belief in public education [Dec. 8]. But as a second-grade teacher, I am concerned about her obvious disdain for creativity in the classroom, warm learning environments and such important tools as classroom meetings. I am reminded of a quote by Aristotle: "Education of the mind without education of the heart is indeed no education at all." Perhaps the challenge in Washington is to find a superintendent who believes in both. Amy Trusso, SOLANA BEACH, CALIF...
...former D.C. teacher, I cannot thank you enough for your cover story on Rhee and the state of emergency that exists in the Washington school system. Rhee might not win Miss Congeniality, but she's doing what's best for the students. What matters more than that? Kristen James, HADDONFIELD...
...have to say to Rhee is, go, girl, go! Bring it on! And yes, you can! Andrew W. Schellhammer, BUCKEYE, ARIZ...
Education has been a primary commitment of TIME's, and this is our eighth education cover in the past 2 1/2 years. Amanda Ripley's powerful portrait of Washington, D.C., public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee offers a blueprint for helping revive urban schools. It's a story that should be instructive not only to teachers and students but also to President-elect and Mrs. Obama, who have said they will take a personal interest in education and the Washington community. All of us should welcome their involvement...