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RheeFirst! » Divisive Darling of the Right Wing Michelle Rhee headed to Pennsylvania to preach her brand of corporate ed reform

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Rhee headed to Pennsylvania to preach her brand of corporate ed reform


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Michelle Rhee will be in Harrisburg, PA on 6/12 to plot corporate education reform strategy with Pennsylvania education secretary Ron Tomalis, and a representative of the US Chamber of Commerce.  If you’re wondering, the Chamber isn’t sending down Mitt Romney advisor (and Rhee backer) Margaret Spellings, but Cecilia Retelle—a former lobbyist for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.
What will this trio talk about?  Probably not Pennsylvania’s opportunity scholarship program, given the recentNew York Times article exposing rampant self-dealing in the Pennsylvania program.  That might embarrass the panelist who lobbied for the program.