http://www.metafilter.com/tags/michelle Posts tagged with 'michelle' at MetaFilter. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:19:32 -0800 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:19:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77012/The%2DLady%2DChancellors%2DNightmare <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1862444-1,00.html">"The thing that kills me about education is that it's so touchy-feely...if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're not doing your job"</a>. Michelle Rhee is <a href="http://www.avoicecriesout.com/">polarizing</a>, inexperienced, abrasive, and young - and with urban school systems all over the country watching, she is trying to rebuild DC's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/09/AR2007060901415.html">famously</a> troubled public school system (<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/dcschools/#fullseries">link</a> to full series). One of her bitterest fights has been a (stalemated) attempt to <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122731062221349277.html">break teacher union power</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec08/dcschools_09-18.html">rewarding teachers for merit and achievement and getting rid of easy tenure</a>. With a test case so close to the White House, some see a <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/170362">potential bellwether statement</a> for the Democratic President-Elect's tone on education. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.77012 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:19:32 -0800 dc dcpublicschools education michelle michellerhee obama publicschools rhee schools peachfuzz http://www.metafilter.com/76581/Fashion%2Dturn%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dleft The fashion world scrambles to stay ahead. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/shopping/custom/fashion/chi-michelle-obama-1112_qnov12,0,6941334.story">Michelle Obama emerges as an American fashion icon</a>. She may <a href="http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/memo-pad-1851810?navSection=media-news&toc_preselected=65">appear in Vogue</a>. Can she recover from her <a href="http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2008/11/michelle-obama.html">election night fashion faux pas</a>? This is <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20081116/FEATURES03/811160339/1025/FEATURES">history</a> in the making. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76581 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:12:30 -0800 fashion michelle obama twoleftfeet http://www.metafilter.com/5451/ <a href="http://ratbastard.org/movies/teasing_bastards.mpg">Crouching Sapphire, Hidden Bastard</a> <br>Are <a href="http://www.sapphireblue.com/">Michelle</a> and <a href="http://www.ratbastard.org/">Don</a> the new Michelle Yeoh and and Chow Yuen Fat? Answers on a postcard.... ;-) tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.5451 Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:26:13 -0800 chowyuenfat don michelle michelleyeoh teasingcat video tomcosgrave