The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District
Richard Whitmire's deft and revealing book about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee chronicles a difficult time in the history of the city's schools, when good people fought hard against one another ...--The Washington Post...(those) interested in gaining a comprehensive perspective on Michelle Rhee (the person, not the action figure), or on finding someWaiting for 'Superman'-like inspiration, would be wise to seek out and readThe Bee Eater.--The Education GadflyWhitmire's clear and easy-to-read style reveals the often-unreported efforts made by Rhee to reach out to both banks in an attempt to build schools into islands of refuge that would be "good for the students"  --Educator Life... a lively narrative on Rhee's personal history and the political and public policy drama that marked her three and a half years  in Washington ...insightful commentary on one of the first  pitched battles between the new generation of school reformers and the nation's urban educational and political establishments. -- Washington Monthly.What isn't as familiar, and sometimes downright perverse, are the many bizarre yet customary conditions under which Rhee operated, which Whitmire portrays in illuminating (and infuriating) detail. -- Education Next.