Friday, August 26, 2011

Teachers' union behind anti-Rhee site - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

Teachers' union behind anti-Rhee site - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com:

Teachers' union behind anti-Rhee site

Rheefirst.com, the anonymous website bashing former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, was created by a computer registered to the American Federation of Teachers.

The site, which refers to Rhee as “the Sarah Palin of education” among other things and is the main online source of attacks on Rhee, was launched in February. An tracking tool traces the IP address back to the AFT’s offices in D.C. The site has since jumped to several other IP addresses.

It’s not a huge surprise that the AFT doesn’t like Rhee, but both Rhee and the