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Monday, September 17, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Let's Tax Rhee's Dream Team

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Let's Tax Rhee's Dream Team

Michele Rhee's motto: If you're going to improve schools, get together a bunch of people who know nothing about how they are run.
At long last, the education advocacy group begun by former D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee has named a new, permanent board of directors.
In addition to Rhee herself, the board members include:
• comedian and school choice advocate Bill Cosby
• decorated television journalist Connie Chung;
• Jennifer Johnson, an executive vice president and CEO for Franklin Resources, an investment-management organization; 
• former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, now the CEO of News Corporation's Education Division;