Cheating scandal catches up with union-busting education 'reformer'

Teamster Nation: Cheating scandal catches up with union-busting education 'reformer'

Cheating scandal catches up with union-busting education 'reformer'

by Teamster Power

Michelle Me and someone else.

We know it's wrong to revel in the misfortunes of others, but we just can't help ourselves when it comes to Michelle Rhee.

If Michelle Rhee hasn't registered on your radar screen yet, she's a union-busting education "reformer" backed by for-profit education companies. She made her bones as the tough-on-teachers DC schools chancellor. Now she's running something called "Students First," which seeks to blame teachers for students' poor academic performance.

But this is all you really need to know about Michelle Rhee. According to theNew York Times,

Always, she preens for the cameras. Early in her chancellorship, she was trailed for a story by the education correspondent of “PBS NewsHour,” John Merrow.

At one point, Ms. Rhee asked if his crew wanted to watch her fire a principal. “We were totally