[D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson celebrates 5 years at helm]“This is dog years on your life,” Henderson said of her job. Henderson was preceded by Michelle Rhee, who drew attention — and scrutiny — for her combative approach to improving the city’s schools. Kaya Henderson, chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, chats with students as they enter Eastern High School in this file photo from the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. But in an interview Wednesday, she said that leaving in September — a “slow time” for the school system, after the new school year begins — feels right. In a combined 10 years leading the city’s schools between them, Rhee and Henderson’s experiment in school reform became a national bellwether for urban schools.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2016 18:34 UTC