Rhee’s Arrogance Continues in the Face of Defeat
Rhee: Election result ‘devastating’ for D.C. schoolchildren
Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee made it increasingly clear Wednesday evening that she has no long-term interest in serving as Vincent C. Gray’s schools leader.
Speaking at the Newseum to an auditorium studded with Washington A-listers gathered for the red carpet premiere of the edu-documentary “Waiting for Superman,” Rhee said she would not “mince words” about Tuesday’s Democratic primary defeat of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty.
“Yesterday’s election results were devastating, devastating,” Rhee said. “Not for me, because I’ll be fine, and not even for Fenty because he’ll be fine, but devastating for the schoolchildren of Washington, D.C.”
Rhee, part of a post-screening panel discussion that included Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Harlem
