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After gaining control of the District of Columbia Public Schools last summer, Mayor Adrian Fenty’s first act was to appoint Michelle Rhee chancellor of the perennially troubled system. Chancellor Rhee--the dynamic, youthful founder and CEO of the nonprofit New Teacher Project--as regarded as a daring and unconventional choice. During her short tenure, she has gained a national profile for aggressive measures to instill personal accountability, attract top talent, reengineer the central administration, close nearly two dozen underenrolled schools, and mount a frontal assault on the District’s culture of mediocrity. Please join us as Chancellor Rhee reflects on her first eight months in office and the lessons that they hold for improving America’s urban schools. 

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