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Michelle Rhee details plans for spreading education reform
- 12-17-2010
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By Nancy Mitchell/Education Week
When Michelle Rhee resigned from running the District of Columbia public schools in October, she entertained offers from governors, considered leading another district and mulled policy or for-profit work. What she decided to do, instead, is launch a national advocacy group called Students First, with the goal of raising $1 billion and rallying one million members around a stated mission of putting kids’ needs before those of adult special interests. A week after its Dec. 6 launch on Oprah, Rhee said in Denver this week that the group has signed up more than 100,000 members and collected more than $700,000 through its website alone. The average contribution is $63. (more…)
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