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

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

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

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

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

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