Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
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 […]
The passage of healthcare reform on March 21 was a large step in the right direction in the progressive movement’s century-long fight to achieve healthcare coverage for all Americans. It was also a key win for Obama at a time when he was catching flak from the right for his “socialist” policies and from the […]