Remainders: Michelle Rhee leaves the stage by stealing it
Michelle Rhee edition:
- Michelle Rhee resigned with a Tweet and a new dot-org website. (Twitter, MichelleRhee.org)
- A digital firm with Obama ties made the site. Bloomberg-Rhee 2012, anyone? (NBC Washington, Politico)
- Parents’ reviews of Michelle Rhee’s decision to exit, plus more great WashPost coverage. (WashPost)
- Randi Weingarten tells a reporter that Rhee’s failing was “her disdain for relationships.” (Marc Ambinder)
- Rhee’s interim replacement is her deputy and ed-reform soulmate Kaya Henderson. (WashPost)
- A source tells me Henderson’s name is being pitched for the top job in Newark, too. (No link)
Meanwhile, in the rest of the world:
- The Regents might extend a ban on extra tutoring for students who fail state exams. (Daily News)
- A school eliminated work rules only after improving teacher-management relations. (GS Community)
- Projections underestimate how many jobs will require a college degree. (Quick and the Ed)
- The NEA is creating “heart burn” by partnering with a for-profit college. (Mike Antonucci)
- In a spoof, “Aunty Broad” says reformers “should be cloned, they are so smart.” (NYPSP)
- Davis Guggenheim says he belongs to a union and “really believes” in unions. (AV Club)
- Brooklyn kids are learning to “bike like a driver.” (WNYC)