> the fact of the matter is, under michelle and mayor fenty's leadership, the d.c. public schools are significantly better today than three years ago. d.c.'s public schools were a national disgrace for decades. it's amazing to me in our nation's capital we allowed so many children to languish in horrendous learning situations for so long. they have a long way to go. the schools are better today there than a couple years ago. Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
> the fact of the matter is, under michelle and mayor fenty's leadership, the d.c. public schools are significantly better today than three years ago. d.c.'s public schools were a national disgrace for decades. it's amazing to me in our nation's capital we allowed so many children to languish in horrendous learning situations for so long. they have a long way to go. the schools are better today there than a couple years ago. Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description">
> the fact of the matter is, under michelle and mayor fenty's leadership, the d.c. public schools are significantly better today than three years ago. d.c.'s public schools were a national disgrace for decades. it's amazing to me in our nation's capital we allowed so many children to languish in horrendous learning situations for so long. they have a long way to go. the schools are better today there than a couple years ago. Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
to fire ineffective teachers. >> we said it's no longer going to be acceptable for teachers who are ineffective to stay in the classroom. we've gotten a tremendous amount of pushback from that. a lot of what you heard from citizens was, well, they fired teachers. what you didn't hear is we didn't tire teachers tore mean or because we were callous and didn't care. we wanted to remove them because we think our children deserve better. >> michelle rhee's story in "waiting for superman" was particularly depressing. was she on the right track in washington, d.c.? >> the fact of the matter is, under michelle and mayor fenty's leadership, the d.c. public schools are significantly better today than three years ago. d.c.'s public schools were a national disgrace for decades. it's amazing to me in our nation's capital we allowed so many children to languish in horrendous learning situations for so long. they have a long way to go. the schools are better today there than a couple years ago.