Monday, December 6, 2010

Report: Rhee starting advocacy group

Report: Rhee starting advocacy group

Report: Rhee starting advocacy group

Controversial D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce her resignation on Wednesday, nearly four years after she was brought in by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty to improve the city's languishing public education system.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 6, 2010; 9:59 AM

Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will take another step Monday to build her brand as an education reformer.

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Word from Politico is that Rhee will soon unveil a national advocacy group related to parents, teachers and students via "Oprah" on television, then Newsweek.

Rhee could not be reached Monday morning for comment.

But a source close to Rhee and the new organization told The Post there would be an announcement on