Today, the Sacramento Bee ran a fairly extensive front page story on Michelle Rhee’s move here. Headlined Former D.C. schools chief to headquarter new education advocacy lobby in Sacramento, it also discusses her local plans:
Rhee said there are “many local organizations we have talked about working in concert with” and that StudentsFirst likely would partner with Stand Up, another education nonprofit started by Johnson.
As far as Rhee is concerned, there is much work to be done. “Sacramento is probably behind the curve in terms of some of the progressive work being done around the country,” Rhee said.
Her decision to headquarter the organization in Sacramento adds significant weight to the reform movement here, education advocates said.
It’s also a move that could prove beneficial for the mayor. By landing StudentsFirst, the national focus of a controversial debate will be cast on his city.
I can only imagine what her definition of “progressive” might be….
Her definition of progressive is easy: standardized test results help us judge the effectiveness of teachers.
Rhee is completely clueless.
Doesn’t anobody pay attention to the trail of failure and destruction she leaves behind where ever she goes?
She was a failure as an actual teacher first and got the mayor of DC booted out of office there. Maybe if we’re lucky the same thing will happen here.