Reforming Michelle Rhee:
Running the show in D.C. didn’t work out.
Now in Tennessee, she’s hoping cash is king.
“Ever since she resigned as chancellor of Washington, D.C. public schools in 2010 and started StudentsFirst, Rhee has raised millions of dollars from rich donors, which she funnels to local lawmakers who support her policies. Nowhere has her influence been felt more acutely than in Tennessee, where campaigns are a bargain and where legislators eager to amend the state’s dismal record on education have made it a mecca for reformers. To Rhee the mission also has a personal angle: Her ex-husband, Kevin Huffman, is commissioner of the state Department of Education and her two daughters attend school in Nashville.”
Click here to read the full article in New Republic
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113204/michelle-rhee-tennessee-studentsfirst-floods-school-races