Michelle Rhee Quotes

#1. I'd rather deal with anger than apathy.

Michelle Rhee

#2. 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 we fix our public education system.

Michelle Rhee

#3. You may not do well, necessarily, up front, and in order to be the best, you've got to work hard.

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#4. 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 public schools.

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#5. My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've always, my entire life, been surrounded by teachers, and because of that I've had a tremendous respect for what teachers can do, the power that they can have.

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

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#7. 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.

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#8. We've lost our competitive spirit. We've become so obsessed with making kids feel good about themselves that we've lost sight of building the skills they need to actually be good at things.

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#9. If a country puts its entire focus on making sure that the education system improves, then that's the kind of progress that you can see.

Michelle Rhee