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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Schools Matter: Rhee's Outfit, Students First, Scamming Unsuspecting Activists at Change.Org

Schools Matter: Rhee's Outfit, Students First, Scamming Unsuspecting Activists at Change.Org:

Rhee's Outfit, Students First, Scamming Unsuspecting Activists at Change.Org

This morning I got an email alert concerning a petition drive to stop McDonald's from using their torturous "gestation crates" for breeding the juicy pork product used in their not-so-happy Egg McMuffins. After I signed the petition, other petitions popped up for me to consider as a member of Change.Org. One of them was from nation's leading teacher foe, the venomous Michelle Rhee, under the name of her corporate reform schooler astroturf group called Students First.

Anyone not reading closely may be swayed to sign the innocuous-sounding petition, which reads as follows:
Pay Effective Teachers What They Deserve
America's most qualified teachers are grossly underpaid. Join StudentsFirst and fight for teachers