PR blitz continues: Rhee on WNYC this morning to promote her new lobbying outfit
Michelle Rhee will be on the Brian Lehrer show today at 10AM EST. NYC residents suggest that you ask her about demonizing teachers, Koch links, and her DC testing scandal: 212-443-9692
Here’s what one New York City parent had to say about Rhee’s newest front group:
“I couldn’t help but notice that “Students First NY” actually gives Sacramento, CA as its address. Listen, if you don’t live in the state, if you don’t have children in the system, you really don’t deserve a voice. If you don’t have skin in the game, you shouldn’t get to call the shots. …
Here’s what parents want: a stable system with clean, well-maintained buildings (even toilet paper in the bathroom — a luxury, I assure you in many schools!),a clear and challenging curriculum, meaningful learning goals, and, of course, conscientious, caring teachers. But the fulcrum in the aforementioned equation is the administrator. A school principal hires, fires, negotiates with building contractors and maintenance, and most importantly, creates a school culture. That person needs to be someone with integrity and an institutional memory and someone who is not easily swayed by the latest fad from some outsider with little actual meaningful experience in educating children.”
Here’s what one New York City parent had to say about Rhee’s newest front group:
“I couldn’t help but notice that “Students First NY” actually gives Sacramento, CA as its address. Listen, if you don’t live in the state, if you don’t have children in the system, you really don’t deserve a voice. If you don’t have skin in the game, you shouldn’t get to call the shots. …
Here’s what parents want: a stable system with clean, well-maintained buildings (even toilet paper in the bathroom — a luxury, I assure you in many schools!),a clear and challenging curriculum, meaningful learning goals, and, of course, conscientious, caring teachers. But the fulcrum in the aforementioned equation is the administrator. A school principal hires, fires, negotiates with building contractors and maintenance, and most importantly, creates a school culture. That person needs to be someone with integrity and an institutional memory and someone who is not easily swayed by the latest fad from some outsider with little actual meaningful experience in educating children.”