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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Michelle Rhee's Handiwork: Florida Diplomas For Sale And Much More | Crooks and Liars

Michelle Rhee's Handiwork: Florida Diplomas For Sale And Much More | Crooks and Liars

So Michelle Rhee hired Hari Sevugan away from the DNC to join her right-wing-in-liberal-clothing organization known as StudentsFirst. Presumably, Hari will rehabilitate the StudentsFirst image which has become irrevocably tainted with the stench of right-wing public school destruction. Hmmm.

This comes on the heels of Rhee's huddle with Rick Scott before he gutted Florida's public education system, her public support for Scott Walker's plan to limit teachers' bargaining rights (see video), lobbying on behalf of Ohio's SB5, a special appearance with Governor Kasich to screen Waiting for Superman, andher cozy support for Chris Christie's school-gutting ways.

Michelle Rhee claims to be all about teacher performance, but she's really much, much more than that. She