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Former DC schools chief busy lobbying, helping (right-wing) politicians

Written by Greg Toppo for USA Today. Read the entire article here.
“‘She represents an approach to reforming education that we think is really destructive and is not going to face the problems of public education,’ says Lisa Guisbond of Citizens for Public Schools, a Boston-based public education advocacy group.

Along with a handful* of others, Guisbond’s group arranged a boisterous demonstration in November when Rhee appeared at Boston’s Symphony Hall, where marchers carried signs that read, ‘Erasing Mistakes Doesn’t Put Children First.’”