Sunday, September 09, 2007

Must Watch TV!: Michelle Rhee, New Washington, DC Chancelllor interviewed on C-SPANS' Q&A

Brian Lamb interviews (video) Washington, DC Public Schools' Chancellor, Michelle Rhee who is committed to fixing a school system which The Washington Post called "close to the highest-spending and worst-performing in the nation".

Set aside an hour to watch a public servant in the true spirit of the words "public servant".

Update: PBS NewsHour's: In Battle to Revamp D.C. Schools, Education Leader Faces Resistance (with transcipt and video):
John Merrow reports on the controversial practices that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee is using to shake up the city's school system, including closing 23 schools by 2010 in a bid to tackle a $100 million budget deficit -- a move that has raised a storm of protest.

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