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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Really, Rhee?

Condescending Chancellor Michelle Rhee has really gone overboard this time. She must be leaving town before her California nuptials.
Her latest outrageous accusations about D.C. teacher abuses as yet another questionable reason for laying off more than two hundred teachers two months into the school year should not go unanswered. As a matter of public record, parents especially should make her disclose how many teachers were involved, where, when and how they abused D.C. students. Also what actions were taken -- including noting their defenses -- before they were fired. To make such sweeping charges without more specific information is not only egregious, it is incendiary, particularly given the already hostile and adversarial environment that she has created in DCPS.
No one should be allow to abuse children and swift sanction is mandatory if such abuses are found. But Rhee should be more mindful of legal actions, which not only hurt her but also put the District government in jeopardy, if she continues to besmirch an entire class of workers without substantial backup.

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