Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Friends Too Weird Even for Tennessee's GOP
POSTED BY JEFF WOODS ON MON, APR 8, 2013 AT 8:20 AM
WPLN's Blake Farmer reports this morning on the many so-called education reform bills that have died this legislative session. Despite an army of lobbyists and a massive TV and radio ad campaign, Michelle Rhee & Co. couldn't persuade even our Republican supermajority to make these radical changes.
Among the casualties are school vouchers and making it easier for disgruntled parents to throw out their school administrators.
“I think we gave the impression that we were forcing a whole lot of stuff down folks’ throats,” says Rep. John DeBerry, D-Memphis, who sponsored the parent-trigger bill. “And perception is reality.”
Reality is reality too.
But wait—it's never too late to exploit schoolchildren for corporate cash. Senate Education Committee