Comments on: Watch your back: Michelle Rhee’s firing streak continues

By: Vox Populi » When Michelle Rhee’s revolution comes, teachers’ unions will be the first against the wall

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:00 +0000

[...] Once again, I’m not sure what to make of Rhee’s actions. It’s good to eliminate ineffective teachers to make room for highly motivated new ones, and moving to the green tier is voluntary, so no teachers will be forced to give up tenure. [...]

By: Vox Populi » New Fenty on the way

Vox Populi » New Fenty on the way — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:04:01 +0000

[...] news about the mayor’s relations, honorary Fenty family member Michelle Rhee took care of business at her daughters’ school by installing a new [...]

By: Watch your back: Michelle Rhee’s firing streak continues « Educational Rheeform

Fri, 23 May 2008 21:38:30 +0000

[...] 23, 2008 · No Comments Anna Bank of Georgetown’s Blog of Record [...]

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:41:43 +0000

Dear Ms Bank
Your article on the issue of Guzman´s dismissal is inaccurate. Firstly, if your parents live round the corner, you will know that Oyster is in Woodley Park, not Cleveland Park. Second, the article published by the Post on Friday 9th was the best proof that one cannot believe what newspapers tell you. As an Oyster parent who is very involved in the school, I can assure you that
1. Oyster is not a succeeding school. If you go to the DCPS website, you will see that our scores have dropped from 97% to 69% in Maths, and from 99% to 76.% in REading. And all this happened since Guzman took over the school.
2. On friday morning I was at the school and there were no protesters.
3. The gentleman that made those comments to the Post was amongst the group of parents who agreed that Sra Guzman should be replaced.
4. There was not such a dinner in November with angry parents as you write above.
5. Mrs Guzman has been fired because she has not done her job properly. She´s an awful administrator who doesn´t know how to run a school. She doesn´t like children and she abuses teachers. Our best teachers have left because of her. Her dismissal has been based on her performance.
6. The teachers at Oyster support Rhee´s decision to fire Guzman, as it has been announced in the school today.
With all the above, I hope you have enough arguments now to write a different story, but please do not write one that´s going to sell more, but one that tells what has really happened. Thank you