Challenges for Dr. Bedell
July 7th, 2016
This Newsweek article about Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington D.C. public schools, and her plans for a Studentsfirst, is an exciting one. She, like many others in the country (and indeed in our very own city!) is concerned about the dismal state of public education in this country: the United States is currently 21st, 23rd and 25th among 30 developed nations in science, reading and math, respectively. In fact, children in school today will be the first generation to be less educated than the previous one. Rhee points out this is not always just a shortage of financial resources, but a combination of other factors.
Many of Rhee’s observations as mentioned in the article are particularly germane to Do The Right Thing For Kids, including:
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