On Monday, Governor Branstad will meet with the former Chancellor of DC public schools, Michelle Rhee. As a former teacher, Rhee once put masking tape over her students’ mouths to keep them quiet on the way to lunch.
This is no joke, although you can watch the video of her joking about it right here.
As you watch and listen to this very strange video, keep in mind: This is Governor Branstad’s idea of who should be telling Iowa how to educate Iowa’s kids.
Rhee is currently under federal investigation for a major role in the “Erasergate” standardized tests cheating scandal in the DC public schools. According to the NYTimes:
“Ms. Rhee’s reputation as a national leader of the education reform movement has rested on those test scores, which soared while she was chancellor. Then, last March, USA Today published the results of a yearlong investigation of the Washington schools that found a high rate of erasures on tests as well as suspiciously large gains at 41 schools — one-third of the elementary and middle schools in the district. ” When Standardized Test Scores Soared in D.C., Were the Gains Real?
ASK THE GOVERNOR
Why are you inviting Rhee, a failed teacher, fired administrator, and someone under federal investigation for cheating to speak about education “reform” in our state?
Do you intend to spend our tax dollars to pay for her trip to Iowa?
Is this the best you can do for the children of our state and our public schools?
Go to https://governor.iowa.gov/constituent-services/register-opinion
or call 515.281.5211 to let him know that Michelle Rhee is not the person to tell Iowans how to run our schools.
https://governor.iowa.gov/constituent-services/register-opinion
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Thanks so much fro the heads up on this. Rhee embodies much of what is wrong with Republican solutions to education.
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This farce of a reform misses the mark totally. I have a sister who teaches students with learning challenges and the “reforms” promoted by Branstad and Rhee are an affront to all students with special needs and the dedicated people who teach them.
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Protest her out of your state! Not only is Erasuregate still being investigated but also, look into the Congressional report about her actions in hiding alleged actions of her husband. She interfered in Gerald walpin’s investigation of Johnson and Walpin was fired by White House official. Rhee appears to be dangerous.
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Rhee claims to be a liberal democrat! As a liberal democrat, she offends me.
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