By MICHAEL OVERALL Staff Writer on Feb 5, 2013, at 2:30 PM Updated on 2/05 at 2:35 PM
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A former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., Michelle Rhee started StudentsFirst in 2010.
It's always hard to know what to make of ratings like this, considering all the complex realities that have to be distilled down to a simple letter grade.
In her nationwide report cards, education advocate Michelle Rhee has been accused of grading schools not by how well they perform, but how well they line up with her own ideas about reform.
Washington, D.C., where Rhee first rose to national prominence as a reformist school chancellor, scored a relatively high C-plus, while nearby Maryland and Virgina -- often at or near the top of education rankings -- got a D-plus and D-minus.
So what you think about her report cards will depend on what you think about Rhee,
who promotes school choice and teacher accountability.Either way, it's obviously not a compliment for
Oklahoma to get a D-plus. But of course, Rhee isn't handing out compliments to anybody.
Nine out of 10 states got a C or below. Eleven received Fs. And nobody scored better than a B-minus.
Meanwhile, Rhee's new book,
"Radical: Fighting to Put Students First," will hit store shelves Tuesday.
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