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Octafish

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23. We don't want government to go there. Meaning: We can't afford HEAD START.

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:05 PM

Feb 2013

Or real jobs programs, or universal health care, or housing subsidies, let alone pay for a quality education for every student.

Get real. We got photo opps to attend. Interviews. Sunday morning tee vee.

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Strange interview with Michelle Rhee in the NYT. Odd questions. [View all] madfloridian Feb 2013 OP

That's what I call a soft serve interview. leveymg Feb 2013 #1

If Rhee knew there would be "real" questions, she never would have agreed to it... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #5

+1000! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #14

Well, read these excerpts....they will depress you more. madfloridian Feb 2013 #17

The comments at the Sac Bee link are delicious, that's some comfort. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #21

She doesn't have to disclose her contributors reteachinwi Feb 2013 #26

Thank you reteachinwi Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #30

That's exactly what they do. She is treated with kid gloves. madfloridian Feb 2013 #15

The POTUS is afraid of her? FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #19

Well.... madfloridian Feb 2013 #27

Yes. FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #29

Obama would never have appointed Arne Duncan if he didn't endorse Michelle Rhee leveymg Feb 2013 #38

Not part of the Rheeality based community reteachinwi Feb 2013 #2

Ha, that's good. madfloridian Feb 2013 #11

just as you can't expect more from the students without giving them help, you cannot expect more liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #3

The reformers, the test makers, and the textbook creators have set the curriculum. madfloridian Feb 2013 #4

Parents are crucial reteachinwi Feb 2013 #20

Exactly! "purpose of the tests was to prove the failure of public education." madfloridian Feb 2013 #28

For how long was she an educator? roody Feb 2013 #6

I don't know, but it seemed to have stopped around the time she became an administrator. Bucky Feb 2013 #7

After a quick google, I see she spent 3 years in a classroom before becoming a CEO Bucky Feb 2013 #8

Including duct taping her students as part of her classroom "management" style duffyduff Feb 2013 #9

Yes, I have known it to happen in our area. madfloridian Feb 2013 #39

It appears she taught for 3 years reteachinwi Feb 2013 #10

That is a great blog with thorough research. madfloridian Feb 2013 #12

Her effectiveness continues reteachinwi Feb 2013 #16

Oh yeh, she and Bill Gates have nearly taken over FL education. madfloridian Feb 2013 #18

Look no further than Common Core. That is entirely Gates Foundation. duffyduff Feb 2013 #33

Yes, Gates paid big money on Common Core. madfloridian Feb 2013 #41

She taught elementary school sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #22

I believe that she co-taught with an experienced teacher during her second year. amandabeech Feb 2013 #25

A firing offense and grounds for license revocation, but like many teachers-turned-administrators, duffyduff Feb 2013 #34

I've often wondered sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #35

I'm with you on your post. amandabeech Feb 2013 #36

She's a reptile, so it wouldn't surprise me Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #37

There are two takes on this. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #13

We don't want government to go there. Meaning: We can't afford HEAD START. Octafish Feb 2013 #23

Corpporate media sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #24

Anyway to access the original one online? madfloridian Feb 2013 #31

there`s a whole lot of air in her head... madrchsod Feb 2013 #32

Michelle Rhee is to education what a candy salesman is to nutrition. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #40

Apt comparison. madfloridian Feb 2013 #42