MICHELLE RHEE, CONTROVERSIAL EDUCATION REFORMER, MAY BE HEADED FOR NEW JERSEY
BY RAJU CHEBIUM • GANNETT WASHINGTON BUREAU• IN THE ASBURY PARK PRESS | HTTP://BIT.LY/8YKO4W
In this July 17, 28 file photo, Washington Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rhee, the head of the D.C. public school system is expected to announce she is stepping down after a tension-filled, three-year tenure. (AP PHOTO)
14 October 2010 - WASHINGTON — Could the nation's best-known and most controversial education reformer be headed to New Jersey?
Michelle Rhee, who recently resigned as schools chancellor in Washington, D.C., is being talked up as a potential candidate for New Jersey education commissioner or Newark school superintendent after she leaves her current job on Oct. 31.
Gov. Chris Christie is her fan and Newark Mayor Cory Booker is her friend. Both have top education jobs to fill.