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RheeFirst! » “Dozens of East Bay teachers picketed on February 7, 2012 the Oakland appearance of education privatizer and union buster Michelle Rhee”

RheeFirst! » “Dozens of East Bay teachers picketed on February 7, 2012 the Oakland appearance of education privatizer and union buster Michelle Rhee”:

More on what Michelle Rhee and Santorum’s super-donor Foster Friess have in common

Written by Karoli for Crooks and Liars. Read the entire post here.
Some readers have accused me of unfairly linking Michelle Rhee with the right-wing cabal’s aim to kill public education altogether. I ask them to consider Rick Santorum’s statement, Foster Friess’ very clear hatred of public schools (and unions), Rhee’s associations with Rupert Murdoch, the Koch Foundation, Betsy DeVos and Scott Walker, her current ‘consulting’ in Alabama (where there are currently no charter schools), and tell me again that she doesn’t share their goals.

Michelle Rhee presents herself as someone solely concerned ‘with the children.’ Yet her by-the-numbers, bottom


“Dozens of East Bay teachers picketed on February 7, 2012 the Oakland appearance of education privatizer and union buster Michelle Rhee”

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2012 AT 4:33PM