

Radical
Author: Michelle Rhee
Narrator: Shannon McManus
Unabridged: 13 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 02/05/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Education, Social Science
Author: Michelle Rhee
Narrator: Shannon McManus
Unabridged: 13 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 02/05/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Education, Social Science
Michelle Rhee is the founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, a political advocacy organization for education reform. From 2007 to 2010, she served as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system. She is also the founder of The New Teacher Project and a former Teach For America corps member. She divides her time between California, with her husband, Kevin Johnson, the mayor of Sacramento, and Nashville, with her daughters, Starr and Olivia.
Michelle Rhee has become a divisive name in contemporary education reform, and for good reason. She understands how to play to an audience like a born storyteller, leveling her finger at teachers unions and politicians and reaching out to embrace frustrated parents, all the while holding the childre......more
This is an interesting book to review. Unlike most people, I neither love nor hate Michelle Rhee and her efforts. I am torn between an understanding that she is a very intelligent woman with a great education and impressive drive; and the fact that I do not really agree with her particular approach.......more
First off I love Michelle Rhee. In DC, people either loved her or hated her. I love her for her grit and willingness to fight for a cause she was passionate about - improving public school education. I attended private schools in Washington, DC, but I saw how broken the public school system was in D......more
She's self-assured/she's cocky. She wants to reward excellent teachers/she hates teachers. She's a union buster. She a savior of education/she will destroy education. No one who has had the least brush with Michelle Rhee's opinions or actions is neutral about her, and I found myself waffling and wav......more