Michelle Rhee Offers Democrats Campaign Money/”Ed Reform” Expertise, They Refuse
One of the first things Michelle Rhee’s group, StudentsFirstNY, did upon launching in that state was approach Democratic Congressional candidate Hakeem Jeffries (NY-CD8) and offer him a six-figure, unregulated, third party donation to his campaign.
They probably thought Jeffries was an easy mark, given the positions he’s taken in the past urging that New York City open itself up to more charter schools in alignment with StudentsFirst’s pro-charter agenda. Jeffries’ opponent in the Democratic primary, city councilman Charles Barron, is much less in favor of the expansion of charters.
But in a rebuke that held at arm’s length not only Rhee, but the constellation of Mayor Bloomberg/charter promoter Eva Moskowitz/former Chancellor of NY Public Schools Joel Klein forces of privatization in New York
They probably thought Jeffries was an easy mark, given the positions he’s taken in the past urging that New York City open itself up to more charter schools in alignment with StudentsFirst’s pro-charter agenda. Jeffries’ opponent in the Democratic primary, city councilman Charles Barron, is much less in favor of the expansion of charters.
But in a rebuke that held at arm’s length not only Rhee, but the constellation of Mayor Bloomberg/charter promoter Eva Moskowitz/former Chancellor of NY Public Schools Joel Klein forces of privatization in New York