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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

This Week In Education: Reform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding Her

This Week In Education: Reform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding Her

Reform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding Her

image from www.chicagonow.comWhile much is being made of the Rupert Murdoch-Joel Klein connection this week, few seem to have considered the connections between the beleagured businessman and another big-name education reformer: Michele Rhee, who has been trying to drum up $1 billion to fund her new organization, Students First, for the past six months. A full donors list has never been released by the