Wednesday Churn: Bye Rhee, hi Superman
What’s churning:
Some may see irony in the timing: The morning after school reform documentary “Waiting for Superman” debuted in private screenings across Colorado, one of the people the film portrays as a hero of the reform movement is announcing her resignation. Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the Washington D.C. Public Schools since 2007, will announce her resignation, effective at month’s end, during a press conference this morning, theWashington Post reports in today’s edition. Rhee became the target of ire from people skeptical about or opposed to the menu of school reforms pushed by President Obama and Arne Duncan, his education secretary.
Her blunt, at times undiplomatic style and take-no-prisoners approach to overhauling one of the nation’s most
