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Adrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee: What the Taiwanese cartoon on education reform gets wrong - The Facts Machine | TBD.com

Adrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee: What the Taiwanese cartoon on education reform gets wrong - The Facts Machine | TBD.com

Adrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee: What the Taiwanese cartoon on education reform gets wrong

November 1, 2010 - 10:07 AM
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Ousted D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and departing D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee recently made a cameo appearance in one of those animated Taiwanese news recaps. The entire video is comical — Rhee chases teachers out of a classroom with a broom, poor teachers are depicted wearing a clown outfit and makeup, and the daughters of U.S. President Barack Obama are depicted attending "Ye Olde Tony Private School."

Of course a cartoon is going to take visual liberties. And it’s not like NMA, the