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Rhee's moment in TIME

Michael J. Petrilli
12.22.2011

It's hard not to root for Michelle Rhee, the butt-kicking, straight-talking, no-nonsense Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. (Consider this piece of straight talk, from a related article on the incoming Administration, regarding her reluctance to vote for Obama: "It was a very hard decision. I'm somewhat terrified of what the Democrats are going to do on education.") So I can't help but say hooray for her making the cover of TIME this week...Read it here.

Tags: Barack Obama Democratic Party District of Columbia Public Schools Michelle Rhee

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, executive editor of Education Next, editor in chief of the Education Gadfly Weekly, host of the…

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