The Rick Scott-Michelle Rhee-Charter USA Pep Rally Debacle
It was clear from the start the decision from Charter USA to bus in 2000 teachers and administrators to a Michelle Rhee-Rick Scott rally on Thursday was a bad idea. With media coverage and outrage by public school officials on record before the event, both Scott and Rhee’s were forced to alter their comments for the employees of the states 25 for-profit charters in a way which was far from a pep talk.
Charter schools have to prove themselves worthy of existing, Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday during a back-to-school rally for charter school teachers in Orlando.
Scott urged them to say, “hold me accountable.”
He said charters and traditional public schools should compete for excellence. Then
students who can choose among them will be the winners, he said.“We want great charter schools, and we want great public schools,” Scott said during the