To Do Thursday: Joel Klein at AEI

Hmm . . . the American Enterprise Institute hosting a talk by mayor-appointed N.Y. City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein? Get out! Gee, I hope Michelle Rhee will be there.

The bipartisan bio for Klein, via AEI:

During Klein’s tenure, the district has started dozens of small high schools, worked aggressively to remove ineffective teachers, created an autonomy zone for high-performing schools, reworked problematic collective bargaining provisions to promote teacher performance pay, instituted an A through F grading system for every school, encouraged the formation of charter schools, and overhauled the department’s human resources and information technology systems. His supporters have hailed these moves as examples of breakthrough leadership; his critics have charged his administration with a misguided embrace of business practices, inattention to curricula, secrecy, and disinterest in community input.

Event Details:
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 4:45–6:00 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036

Register here. If you can't make the event, check the Webcast, posting shortly after the event.