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Ron Huberman Out? Michelle Rhee May Be Looking for a Job - Felsenthal Files - October 2010

Ron Huberman Out? Michelle Rhee May Be Looking for a Job - Felsenthal Files - October 2010

Ron Huberman Out? Michelle Rhee May Be Looking for a Job

Michelle Rhee and Ron Huberman
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Chicago schools CEO Ron Huberman attend a meeting at the White House in this March 2009 photo.

With Ron Huberman set to step down as CEO of Chicago Public Schools before the end of the school year, could D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee—who is likely to leave her post in the near future—be a good fit for the job?

The most famous urban schools chief in the country, Rhee—whose brash approach to her job may have cost the re-election of her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty—has taken a sledgehammer to the District’s teachers and their union, closing down 21 schools and firing 241 teachers