Another 'reformer' with unproven ideas: Morgan's Corner
Published: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 6:15 AM
District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, right, talks to third grader in August. She resigned her post last month.Now, here's something that will get people's attention.
Michelle Rhee, the controversial former chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system is being considered to fill the post of commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Education, according to sources. How's that for shaking things up.
Rhee would replace Bret Schundler, the former mayor of Jersey City, who was fired as commissioner by Gov. Chris Christie in a tiff over the loss of a $400 million grant from the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" education initiative.
Rhee resigned the D.C. chancellorship after Mayor Adrian Fenty, who appointed and supported a number of controversial initiatives she