Michelle Rhee's advocacy group opens shop in Sacramento
Published: Friday, Jun. 3, 2011 - 1:22 pm
Last Modified: Friday, Jun. 3, 2011 - 1:27 pm
StudentsFirst, the advocacy group launched by former Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, opened shop in Sacramento this week.
Rhee and about 10 staffers are temporarily working out of offices owned by St. HOPE, the organization started by Rhee's fiancé, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. StudentsFirst plans to move into permanent offices on K Street in September, a spokeswoman said.
Rhee became a polarizing national figure as the head of public schools in Washington D.C., where she closed two dozen campuses, fired hundreds of teachers and allowed TV cameras to follow her as she battled teacher unions and canned principals. She left the job after her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty, was voted out of office in September.
In December, Rhee launched StudentsFirst with a goal of raising $1 billion to support candidates and influence education policy at the local and state levels. Since then the group has pushed for
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