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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Loses Top Democrats, Hires New President

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Loses Top Democrats, Hires New President:


Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Loses Top Democrats, Hires New President

Michelle Rhee, the fiery former Washington, D.C.,school chancellor, has danced a tricky tango since starting her national advocacy and lobbying group, StudentsFirst, in December 2010.

Rhee purported to be the face of a bipartisan movement to "transform education," while simultaneously battling Democratic teachers unions and appearing chummy in photo ops with conservative Republican governors like Rick Scott (Fla.) or John Kasich (Ohio).

All the while, a small cadre of influential Democrats stood behind her, helping her craft messages on things like