Inside the ‘Crucible’ of School Reform: Turning Around America’s Worst-Performing Schools
Ed Week, Feb. 4, 2008
William Guenther & Andrew Calkins

You’re a new big-city superintendent. Your honeymoon seemed to end before the ink on the marriage certificate was dry. The challenges you face would give pause to even the most intrepid urban school leader.

D.C. School Reform
Washington Times, Dec. 10, 2007

Kudos to D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee for opening up a dialogue about bringing in outside expertise to help turn around 27 failing D.C. schools. It bodes well that the chancellor recognizes the urgent need to fix these schools and is willing to explore going outside the school system to tap the necessary expertise.