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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Susan Sawyers: Education rockstar picks Florida?

Susan Sawyers: Education rockstar picks Florida?

Florida page 1046 to 1047The "what will she do next" guessing game came to an end this week when Florida's Republican Governor-elect Rick Scott namedMichelle Rhee," the former chancellor of the District of Columbia school system, to an 18-member transition team on education.

Scott said the transition team would help him "find innovative ways to create a new education system for a new economy."

What Michelle brings to [public education in] Florida, according to Julie Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of Orlando-basedFlorida Virtual School (FLVS), "is a new