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Educator not always voucher advocate - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Educator not always voucher advocate - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Educator not always voucher advocate




School voucher advocate Michelle Rhee says she doesn't buy claims that using tax money to send children to private schools will worsen the experience for students who remain in low-performing schools.
Rhee once opposed vouchers but changed her stance she became chancellor of the Washington public school system in 2007.
"I'm not going to say to these parents, 'Just give me five years to fix the system,' because their kid doesn't have that time," Rhee, who resigned as chancellor a year ago when a new mayor came into office, told the Tribune


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