With Mayor Adrian Fenty's loss Thurs D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray in Tuesday's mayoral primary, all eyes are is what will happen Thurs some of the most aggressive school reforms in the country.
Backers of the reforms in the District of Columbia hail it as a model for Changing teacher evaluation and tenure so Procedures That Measures of performance, Including Gains is a student test scores, hold more weight.
While the election hinge solely Did not have education, a large part of the mobilization against Fenty was prompted by the Hard-Edged Way wakes up in the Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee Pursued her Strategies - Including closing schools and Firing Teachers and principals. Fenty has Given Rhee unwavering support since they are appointed to her in 2007.
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"There's not a city that much more has embarked Ambitious and thus more controversial reforms," says Patrick McGuinn, committed a political science and education professor at Drew University in Madison, NJ. "[A schools Chancellor] with a Different temperament [please Rhee's] Might Be Able Thurs sustain the reform by building the Greater consensus, vain That Probably slows down the time table .... That's the tradeoff. "
Gray, Ken is likely to win the general election for mayor in the heavily Democratic city, has Not Ruled Out webcam Rhee to stay. But Their clashes in the past that a particular Suggest new Chancellor will be brought on in.
Several members of the D.C. Council on Tuesday Said That They hope Rhee's tenure Zapraszamy be extended through the 2011-12 school year Thurs help ease the transition, the Washington Post reports. That's also the year the council review the Plans Thurs That law set up mayoral control of schools in 2007.
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