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The end of Michelle Rhee’s media honeymoon - District of DeBonis - The Washington Post

The end of Michelle Rhee’s media honeymoon - District of DeBonis - The Washington Post

The end of Michelle Rhee’s media honeymoon


Michelle Rhee, ex-media darling? (Susan Biddle - for The Washington Post)
Writing in the New York Times today, Michael Winerip wonders whyMichelle Rhee has not been more cooperative with the USA Today reporters who have been probing test cheating, including in the D.C. Public Schools she used to run:

It’s hard to find a media outlet, big or small, that she hasn’t talked to. She’s been interviewed by Katie Couric, Tom Brokaw andOprah Winfrey. She’s been featured on a Time magazine cover holding a broom (to sweep away bad teachers). She was one of