then known as the democratic dynamo. mayor fenty took control of d.c. s failing public school system. he handed it over to the new chanllor and aggressive former, michelle rhee. she ushered in a wave of change. this included shutting down two dozen school, firing hundreds of educats, including more than 100 teachers. also overhauling the evaluation system linudking it to student performance for the first time and doing away in large part with the idea of tenure and putting in its place teacher performance pay. fenty, once a rising star as you said, he is now in the fight for his career. we caught up with him on the campaign trail. you asked me whether we would make the decisions we made arounded education reform now, knowing everything we did, i d say absolutely yes. 100 times out of 100. i was elected to do what s right