Corporations Cough Up $65 Million to Save Rhee
Broad, Gates, and the Waltons intended for Washington, DC to be ground zero for the detonation of the bomb to explode urban public education. And that it remains, with the timer now set back while the oligarchs attempt to revive the reputation and standing of their poster girl, Michelle Rhee, the sneering, arrogant witch that teachers and parents of DC have come to despise since she was installed by corporate puppet mayor, Adrian Fenty.
With DC Schools facing budget shortfalls, the corporate ed reform juggernaut has offered up $65 million in tax-credited dollars to buy a temporary peace settlement with berated and abused DC teachers and to shield the radioactive Rhee during the upcoming Fenty campaign, which will surely be influenced by his unwavering allegiance to Rhee and the bags of money that bought his job to begin with. DC should not be diverted from the mission to vote out Fenty and to send a clear message to the Billionaire Boys' Club.
Here is a clip from Sam Dillon' piece in the Times:
With DC Schools facing budget shortfalls, the corporate ed reform juggernaut has offered up $65 million in tax-credited dollars to buy a temporary peace settlement with berated and abused DC teachers and to shield the radioactive Rhee during the upcoming Fenty campaign, which will surely be influenced by his unwavering allegiance to Rhee and the bags of money that bought his job to begin with. DC should not be diverted from the mission to vote out Fenty and to send a clear message to the Billionaire Boys' Club.
Here is a clip from Sam Dillon' piece in the Times:
. . . .“Just modestly innovative” was the way Allan R. Odden, an education professor at theUniversity of Wisconsin who followed the talks closely, described the settlement. He said it would leave intact both teacher tenure and the traditional teacher salary structure, based on years of
