The type of Superintendent who won't accept low achievement

I have been following Michelle Rhee of the Washington, D.C. school district for quite some time. As this article says, she is on the forefront of urban education in this country and coming up with innovative ways to bridge the white/minority achievement divide.

We as a community need to come together and announce that we will not accept inadequate schools, and that we need equally good schools across the whole city.