Rhee: Oprah's 'Warrior Woman'

09-22-2010

Blog by Bill Turque/Washington Post

Oprah Winfrey gave Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee a heroine's welcome Monday when she appeared as part of a promotional push for "Waiting for Superman," the documentary that includes an account of her early struggles in the District. Winfrey introduced Rhee to an adoring studio audience as the woman who "singlehandedly turned the D.C. public school system upside down," firing "over 1,000 teachers and principals" -- a number I'd never heard before. "This is a warrior woman! This is a warrior woman!" Oprah declared. The show was taped Sept. 10, so there was no discussion of the Mayor Fenty's Democratic Sept. 14 primary loss to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, or her explosive statement that the result of the election was "disastrous" for D.C. schoolchildren. (more…)

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