Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Students First [sic] Uses Children to Attack Teachers « InterACT

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Students First [sic] Uses Children to Attack Teachers

by David B. Cohen

Here we go.  Michelle Rhee and her ironically named “Students First” organization will soon announce their firstbig political move in California.  Will it be about students, and putting their needs first?  Well, heads up, Los Angeles! They’re coming your way, and your students sure could use some help from this influential and well-funded crowd.
I know your students are dealing with shorter school years, class sizes over thirty, over forty in some cases, closed libraries, and a serious lack of all sorts of in-school supports that help children.  I know these supports are so desparately needed when we have record numbers of homeless students and students living in poverty, when obesity, diabetes, and asthma are on the rise.  Students first!  That sounds great!
Sorry to get your hopes up, however.  Their first big move in California will be to support a piece of legislation that will eliminate “last-in-first-out” (LIFO) policies applying to

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