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...most ambitious reform efforts is Michelle Rhee??s revamping of the Washington, D.C., public-school system, widely regarded as one of the worst in the nation. The Economist reports that if the district were a state, its test scores would be the lowest in the country. Rhee has taken aggressive steps to change this. Her proposal would increase baseline teacher salaries from around $40,000 to $78,000 a year, and high-performing teachers who were willing to forgo tenure would receive a salary of up to $130,000. A combination of improved efficiency and private donors would...
...live up to his mantra of change, Obama should lead the way on education reform by personally supporting the public school system and Rhee??s experiment. If others followed his example, we might finally see a change to believe...
...Just the week before, she successfully presented her recent scientific work at a conference in New York, showing subtleties of the way we process words using sophisticated brain imaging technology,” he said, adding that Rhee??s colleagues intend to finish her research and publish it under her name...
Pinker organized a a small discussion last Tuesday for the department and memorial service open to the public last Friday. Rhee??s mother and sister flew in from Europe to attend the service...
Pinker, who is Florez professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, oversaw Rhee??s work...