Has Michelle Rhee Been Ben Smith’s Source All Along?
RheeFirst never tried to hide its intent. Its welcome message is the first thing you read:
Michelle Rhee is the Sarah Palin of public education. She is all celebrity and very little record. To the extent she has a record, she has misrepresented it. Closer scrutiny of her reveals that she has a long and persistent pattern of inflating her successes. She claims that “record gains” were made in student tests scores during her tenure as Chancellor in DC. Not true. She claims that graduation rates were over 70 percent. Not true. She claims she cut the central office budget by 50 percent. Not true. Rhee claims she is for kids, but inflating her record does not help them.
All of Rhee’s celebrity will not cover up the fact that she has a very unimpressive record. It’s time we set the record straight. Hence, this website. Here you will find academic reports, informed
