Schools Matter: Will the Oligarchs' Venomous Poster Girl Be Charged with Fraud?

Schools Matter: Will the Oligarchs' Venomous Poster Girl Be Charged with Fraud?

Will the Oligarchs' Venomous Poster Girl Be Charged with Fraud?

by Jim Horn

From the NYTimes:

WASHINGTON — Why won’t Michelle Rhee talk to USA Today?


Ms. Rhee, the chancellor of the Washington public schools from 2007 to 2010, is the national symbol of the data-driven, take-no-prisoners education reform movement.

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 and Oprah Winfrey. She’s been featured on a Time magazine coverholding a broom (to sweep away bad teachers). She was one of the stars of the documentary “Waiting for Superman.”

These days, as director of an advocacy group she founded, StudentsFirst, she crisscrosses the