Rick Snyder (R-MI): One of Rhee's co-conspirators

Former DC Schools Chancellor and "education reform" advocate Michelle Rhee has been a busy bee as of late. Undeterred by the looming scandal that could derail much of the mythology surrounding her tenure in the DC schools, Rhee has been a ubiquitous presence in state legislatures around the country, and a constant companion at the side of ed-minded Governors from coast to coast.

The common thread? They are virtually all Republicans, as Valerie Strauss at theWashington Post explains:

While investigators in the District are trying to determine how much cheating there was on standardized tests while Michelle Rhee ran the city’s public school system (and there are reasons to worry it was widespread), the former chancellor