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• Chancellor Michelle Rhee, letter to teachers, March 13, 2009
• Capital Gains Academic Incentive Program, press release, August 21, 2008
  • New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein announces Roland G. Fryer, Jr., as NYC Department of Education Chief Equality Officer, June 21, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Fenty Administration Reflects on a Year of Public Education Reform, June 12, 2008
• Governmental Accountability Office, District of Columbia Public Schools: While Early Reform Efforts Tackle Critical Management Issues, a District-Wide Strategic Education Plan Would Help Guide Long Term Efforts, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, March 14, 2008
  • Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, March 14, 2008
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso, Renew, Revitalize, Reorganize: school plan presented to councilmembers, November 28, 2007
  • Mayor Adrian Fenty, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso press release: new school initiatives to renew, revitalize, and reorganize DCPS, November 28, 2007
  • Councilmember Marion Barry, comments on school closing plan, November 28, 2007
• Pamela D. Graham, Chief Financial Officer, DC Public Schools, FY2008 Project Deficit, memorandum to Chancellor Michelle Rhee, November 21, 2007
• Fenty administration examines options for schools in federal restructuring status, November 16, 2007
• Mayor announces strategy for increased school security, press release, October 22, 2007
• Public Education Personnel Reform Amendment Act of 2007, October 12, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty and Chancellor Michelle Rhee, press release, Fenty, Rhee Introduce Important Next Step in DCPS Central Office Reform, October 12, 2007
• Dr. Clifford B. Janey, settlement agreement and general release, August 29, 2007
• Photographs of Alan Lew's office as Director of Public Education Facilities Modernization, at the RFK baseball park, August 23, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, OFM Director Allen Lew, Education Transition Update, press release, July 30, 2007
• Alan Y. Lew, named as Director of Public Education Facilities Modernization Office, June 14, 2007
• Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and General Counsel to the Mayor Peter Nickles, correspondence regarding the nomination process for school chancellor, June 13-15, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release announcing appointment of Michelle Rhee as Acting Chancellor of DCPS, June 12, 2007
• Membership of the review panel for chancellor candidates, which met June 4, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release announcing hiring of consulting firms to analyze DC Public Schools, June 4, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, appeal to DC Superior Court of the Board of Elections and Ethics' approval of the "Referendum on Certain Provisions of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007" as a proper subject for a referendum, June 1, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, letter to DC Board of Elections and Ethics requesting it reconsider its approval of the "Referendum on Certain Provisions of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007" as a proper subject for a referendum, May 31, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, DCPS Reform Priorities of the Fenty Administration (Revised version of Academic Plan, February 23, 2007), May 16, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Education Transition Strategy, April 27, 2007
• Enrolled version of the DC public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, Bill 17-001, signed April 23, 2007
• Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi, financial impact statement on Bill 17-001, March 26, 2007.
• Council of the Great City Schools, Analysis of Mayor Adrian Fenty's Plan for the District of Columbia Public Schools, February 2002
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release, an action plan for special education in the District of Columbia, February 27, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release, Washington Interfaith Network endorses Fenty's school reform legislation, February 27, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release, Washington Teachers' Union endorses Fenty's school reform legislation, February 27, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Academic plan, final draft, February 23, 2007
• Testimony on the DC Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007
  • Charles K. Barber, District of Columbia Building Industry Association, February 20, 2007
  • Charles Barron, New York City Council Member, February 7, 2007
  • James Dinegar, Greater Washington Board of Trade, February 20, 2007
  • Adrian Fenty, Mayor, February 27, 2007
  • Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the 21st Century School Fund, February 13, 2007
  • Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, February 13, 2007
  • John W. Hill, Federal City Council, February 20, 2007
  • Barbara Lang, DC Chamber of Commerce, February 20, 2007
  • Mary Levy, January 30, 2007
  • Alice Rivlin, Brookings Greater Washington Research Program, February 13, 2007
  • Jay Silberman, February 20, 2007
  • Clarence N. Stone, Research Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, George Washington University, February 13, 2007
  • Iris J. Toyer, Parents United for the DC Public Schools, January 30, 2007
  • Joslyn Williams, Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, January 30, 2007
• Board of Education Response to mayoral initiative, January 29, 2007
  • District of Columbia Emergency Student Achievement Act of 2007
  • Resolution on the Emergency Student Achievement Act
  • Side-by-side comparison of Board of Education and mayoral plans
  • PowerPoint presentation of Emergency Student Achievement Act of 2007
• Council Chairman Vincent Gray, education reform council hearing schedule, January 12, 2007
• Save Our Schools Coalition press release, January 5, 2007
• DC Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, Bill 17-001
• Mayor's press release, January 4, 2007
• The Parthenon Group, Fact-Base for DCPS Reform, January 4, 2007
  • Executive Summary
  • Report
  • Appendix