Rhee may not get to finish what she started.

This article in Education Week discuses the implications of a recent election in Washington D.C. to Michelle Rhee who is their Education Chancellor. Because her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty lost the election she may loss her job. If you have ever heard her name then you know she has been a vary controversial figure in education. She has made broad changes throughout our nations capitol's education system, firing many teachers, school employees and principles. She has closed several schools and spent a lot of money to revamp the system, and made a lot of enemies.

Only three years as Chancellor, the numbers speak for themselves. She has raised test scores, increased the number of students who are going to college, decreased the number of drop outs and decreased the budget. If she losses here position because of politics, Washington D.C. will loss a great student advocate. As she point out in this article, she will be fine, but the students will be the ones who loss out. It is sad that because the media never picked up on the positives of her tenure, she may only be remember for the controversy.

I hope that if she does lose her job, she might consider moving to Oregon, or maybe into a position of great range of effectiveness.