Rhee's Self-Serving Extravaganza
Why does an economics journo pen the HuffPo tribute to corporate education's toxic witch, Michelle Rhee? Because he's paid to? Because it's all about the money? Yes and yes.
And so Barry Wood describes the big ticket event Monday night at the Kennedy Center, no less, starrying Arne Duncan, middle brow establishment hack, Tom Friedman, and Mr. Entertainment, David Gregory as host.
Billed as a night of recognition for DC teachers, the night was to glorify the Oligarchs' poster girl for corporate ed reform. The only teachers there were the ones who received the highest score (a "Four") on the deeply flawed evaluation system put together by another TFA alum who worked for Rhee. Even so, the response to Gregory's efforts to whip up enthusiasm among the assembled guests fell flat, or shall we say, it never rose enough to fall. A priceless clip (my bolds):
And so Barry Wood describes the big ticket event Monday night at the Kennedy Center, no less, starrying Arne Duncan, middle brow establishment hack, Tom Friedman, and Mr. Entertainment, David Gregory as host.
Billed as a night of recognition for DC teachers, the night was to glorify the Oligarchs' poster girl for corporate ed reform. The only teachers there were the ones who received the highest score (a "Four") on the deeply flawed evaluation system put together by another TFA alum who worked for Rhee. Even so, the response to Gregory's efforts to whip up enthusiasm among the assembled guests fell flat, or shall we say, it never rose enough to fall. A priceless clip (my bolds):
. . . .The highly effective "fours" were the ones in the Kennedy Center audience. Doubts about Impact even from its winners may account for the fact that when the host asked that
