Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mathews says Rhee made "stupid" remarks because she didn't have time to read USA Today story

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mathews says Rhee made "stupid" remarks because she didn't have time to read USA Today story

Mathews says Rhee made "stupid" remarks because she didn't have time to read USA Today story

by Mike Klonsky

"I was stupid."

Michelle Rhee tells her pal Jay Mathews that her remarks about D.C. test cheating were "stupid." Mathews adds, "thoughtless" and "insulting." But he's still making excuses for her.

"I sensed from my talk with Rhee that one reason she misspoke on Monday was that she had not had time to read either the USA Today [written in part by Mathews' wife] story or the investigators’ reports, or to probe the weaknesses of test security protocols in Washington