Rhee-son to believe in Black
Last Updated: 7:22 AM, December 16, 2010
Posted: 12:57 AM, December 16, 2010
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PrintRhee's been in Black's shoes.
Former Washington, DC schools chief Michelle Rhee said her appointment to the post three years ago was met with nearly identical opposition to that being faced by incoming New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black.
"People were [effectively] rioting in the street, saying, 'How can somebody who's never run a school, who's never run a school district, do this job?" Rhee told The Post at a Manhattan Institute event in Midtown yesterday.
"And I think what I showed is that you don't necessarily have to have been a superintendent before," added Rhee, who launched the Students First advocacy group earlier this month.
"She's shown in her experience in
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