Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
A review of the film “Waiting for Superman,” directed by David Guggenheim by Padmini Jambulapati It just feels right to watch Waiting for Superman in Houston. The city has become a hotbed for innovation in education reform, in part, because it is home to the first Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools. As the many education […]
By Padmini Jambulapati Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor, is a divisive figure in the education community. She was a Teach for America corps member (Baltimore, 1992) and headed The New Teacher Project before coming to DC in 2007. Appointed by Mayor Adrian Fenty, Rhee has overhauled the troubled DC school system […]