That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our pub…

- Michelle Rhee

We need to do everything we can to ensure every single child has an effective teacher every day, which means we need to identify who are the most hig…

- Michelle Rhee

Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their …

- Michelle Rhee

I think that one thing that people are missing is that we are never going to be able to fix this country's [American] economy in the long run until w…

- Michelle Rhee

My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, i…

- Michelle Rhee

We are always going to put the best interests of kids above the rights, privileges and priorities of adults.

- Michelle Rhee

I think for what success looks like for me, it is a world in which you can look at the achievement scores, the academic scores, of any school anywher…

- Michelle Rhee

Creativity is good and whatever. But if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're not doing your job.

- Michelle Rhee

If you grew up in a lower-income community, or less well-off, the belief is that the way to change that circumstance is through education.

- Michelle Rhee