Adrian Fenty

Introduction In the 1950s, the Washington D.C. public schools (DCPS) began heading in the direction of failure with some of the lowest performing students with in the nation. Michelle Rhee, a former Teach for America teacher and an education reform advocate, was hired as the Chancellor in 2007 by Mayor Adrian Fenty, who emphasized education. Rhee believed that the accountability and quality of the teachers was crucial to the effectiveness of the students’ education and implemented the IMPACT system. In this paper, by using Moore’s Strategic Management Triangle, I will evaluate Rhee’s performance and argue that there was potential for the success of the reform agenda, but the misalignment of Rhee’s and the public’s value of substance, the lack of legitimacy from the community of politics, the administrative and operational infeasibility of the IMPACT system of administration caused Rhee to fail to deliver public value needs in the education reform. Substance Moore (2004) defines substance as the plan or purpose a public…

a few black boys when with white girls. when the whites people found out about it, the girl would always say, the black boy make her do it.if the black boy wanted to live another day, he had to leave town that night and never came back again. sometimes the boy’s family suffer for his action. it was and still is a small town, everyone knew everybody black and white, but we didn 't go to school together. 3. It was a good place to live and grow up. I am so glad I was raised there, after I…

“You must learn to lose, child. Some people is born to keep. Some is born to lose. ” This is a quote by mother from Sounder written by William H. Armstrong. This quote also addresses the book Our Town written by Thornton Wilder. Part of life is death and although many people fail to understand the concept, it is true. Everyone has at least one encounter with death during their lifetime that is not their own. In both Sounder and Our Town most of the characters have to experience the feeling of…

public schools in 2007 by Mayor Adrian Fenty. The appointment of Michelle Rhee beat the expectation of many who expected a veteran to be appointed to that position, but little did they realize that Michelle was going to make unprecedented impact on the D.C. public schools. Upon assumption of office, she was set for an overhauling of the school system. It was no longer business as usual; principals and teachers were tasked to help students in improving their performance. She decried the lack of…