Fallout from Rhee's bogus contract with the union
Broom Lady Michelle Rhee is gone from D.C. but the school district and its teachers are now left to face the fallout from her destructive policies. It appears that Rhee pal, Arne Duncan has pulled the plug on federal funding, punishing this predominantly African-American district for giving her the boot.
Now, DCPS faces the loss of EduJobs funds from the Obama administration, along with reductions in other federal monies. It also faces other pending massive general cuts in the 2012 education budget, as well as a pull-back of millions of dollars in foundation money that was promised on the condition that Rhee remain as chancellor.
Then there's that contract Rhee pushed on the teachers union; the one that the corporate school reformers were
