So Who Will Take Over DC Schools Now That Rhee Is Out ?
My money is on Robert Bob, the Emergency Financial Officer of the Detroit Public School System. Not that 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 Academy training in 2005. That soon led to Bobb becoming president of the school board in Washington, DC. In 2007 Eli Broad backed a mayoral takeover of DC schools which took Robert Bob out of the picture. See: Eli’s Experiment
Under Mayor Fenty and School Chancellor Michele Rhee’s control, the school board was rendered powerless. At that time Robert Bobb moved on to Detroit where he had been anointed Emergency Financial Officer of the