The Washington Times – Richard Whitmire
“Second, and perhaps most important, Miss Rhee achieved her school gains in the District not by reducing class size, shrinking poverty, teaching parents to be better parents or purchasing slicker curricula – all the “reforms” deemed acceptable by the unions. Rather, the gains were achieved by sweeping out principals and teachers who totally blamed poverty for academic failures, had low expectations for their students’ abilities, were weak in teaching.” (more)