Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Dora Taylor: So who will Take Over D.C. Schools now that Rhee is out?

Dora Taylor: So who will Take Over D.C. Schools now that Rhee is out?
Dora Taylor

Dora Taylor

Posted: October 19, 2010 01:38 AM

Robert Bobb's name was floated around a couple of weeks ago as a candidate for the soon to be vacant position of School Chancellor for the D.C. public school system. Mr. Bobb is currently the Emergency Financial Officer of the Detroit Public School System.

I could see this as a possibility, Robert Bobb becoming D.C.'s School Chancellor, not because he deserves it, but because Eli Broad owes him a favor.

Robert Bobb was the City Manager of Oakland, California until he completed the Broad Superintendent's training in 2005. That led soon after to Bobb becoming president of the school board in Washington, D.C. In 2007 Eli Broad