Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: She's gone. But where?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: She's gone. But where?

She's gone. But where?

Not Chicago

Where will Michelle Rhee go, now that and Mayor Fenty have been given the boot by D.C. voters? Teachers everywhere are holding their collective breath and whispering, "Not here. Not here. Oh please, not here." On the other side sit the corporate reformers, charter school operators, and the power philanthropists praying, "Chooseme us. Oh, please choose us." Rhee could possibly bring a gold mine of corporate reform dollars to any school district that would accept her divisiveness in trade.

But, according to Mike DeBonis at the Washington Post, the teachers needn't worry so much. Rhee's not taking another school job. The reason?
"Rhee has already said her work is only possible in school districts with clear lines of command and control -- in other words, no school boards."

Right now that leaves only Chicago and Newark as potential job sites and neither are likely stopovers for Rhee. Writes DeBonis: