Schools Matter: Rhee and former Union Chief in Memphis to Sell Charters

Schools Matter: Rhee and former Union Chief in Memphis to Sell Charters:

Rhee and former Union Chief in Memphis to Sell Charters

As I noted in 2011, "after DC voters last year repudiated Fenty and Rhee, one of the first actions by DC teachers was to replace the scheming, ineffectual, and bought union president, George Parker, who had sold out and signed on to the contract crafted by Weingarten and the Broad Team."

Parker, in fact, became the first Senior Fellow Whore of Students First.

Rhee (teeth bared at right) and Parker were in Memphis last week trying to browbeat parents into supporting the disintegrating Achievement School District, which is the state office in charge of handing out charter contracts to replace community schools in Memphis.

From a post at Memphis Schools Matter:

The Commercial Appeal had a story today about another Walton funded group in town to drum up support for Haslam's corporate giveaway, the Achievement School District.  A clip:

 Stand Up for Great Schools, the pro-school choice network that challenges African-American “grass tip” leaders to take charge of their children’s education, held its first “policy summit” in Memphis Thursday. . . .

My reaction posted at the CA:

Grass tips? Really? I would describe these corporate reform has-beens as turf clippings, as in astro. Although Schools Matter: Rhee and former Union Chief in Memphis to Sell Charters: