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Michelle Rhee - The 2011 TIME 100 - TIME

Michelle Rhee - The 2011 TIME 100 - TIME

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee

PETER YANG/AUGUST

School can be an intimidating place, one in which competitiveness and power cliques can sometimes turn downright nasty — and not just for the kids. Michelle Rhee, 41, knows that as well as anyone — and has handled it better than most. The former chancellor of the Washington, D.C., school system and the founder of the Students First advocacy group, Rhee has distinguished herself by her single-mindedness and her dedication to kids.

Anyone who works in the political world quickly learns that personalities and competing agendas have a way of



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