A trail that Rhee shouldn't have hit
I suppose D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee assumed that a Mayor Vincent Gray would not keep her on the job if he wins the D.C. Democratic primary on Sept. 14.
Or maybe Rhee concluded that she wouldn’t want to work for Gray if he did win. At any rate, on Saturday Rhee decided to jump into the middle of the primary and hit the campaign trail on the side of the man who gave her the job, Mayor Adrian Fenty.
She is a polarizing figure in the District of Columbia, but I’m a fan of Michelle Rhee. Her courage and focus on education reform have shaken up the school system for the better. But I wish she had given her decision to get into the mix of partisan politics a bit more thought.
With Rhee’s move to campaign in the D.C. Democratic primary, I fear that Washington will be her first and last stop as a schools chief, at least in urban America. No other big-city school district is going to touch her. A school administrator who openly engages
