Michelle Rhee’s Framing of the Debate on Education
Protesters outside of venue. A familiar sight wherever Rhee goes these days.
The following is written by Joanna Bujes:
On the evening of February 7, Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC
public schools and the public face of the opaquely funded StudentsFirst,
addressed an audience of some four thousand people at the Paramount
theater in Oakland. This lecture was one of a number of lectures
purchased as a series, and did not imply any particular interest in Rhee
or in education by the older and relatively affluent crowd attending, the
sort of crowd one finds at similar series, whether theater, ballet, or
classical music.
As I have never heard Rhee speak before, I cannot say that she tailored
her talk to this particular audience, but given her consummate skills as
The 36th District Democrats Pass a No Charter School Resolution
Resolution Against Charter Schools
WHEREAS Article III, Section 13 of the platform of the 36th District Democrats specifically opposes charter schools (1);
WHEREAS the voters of Washington State have defeated charter school measures three times (2);
WHEREAS charter school operators have “become increasingly hostile to unions” (3);
WHEREAS teacher turnover is higher in charter schools than in traditional public schools, and increases