Following John Merrow’s withering critique of Michelle Rhee’s tenure in D.C.,–in which he debunked all of her claimed gains– as well as his continuing effort to obtain documents about the cheating scandal, Rhee kept a low profile.
But Jersey Jazzman has tracked her down. She will appear at a statewide charter school conference in Fort Worth, Texas, next December.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Will there be rappers on the agenda whose message cheers rape and otherwise exploits women as sex objects, as at the recent big charter school conference?
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If it’s going to be the new trend to partner with rap artists and charter schools (and please keep in mind that I am NOT serious about this), I would want to start up a charter school alliance with Eminem. He is in his own words/song lyrics “not afraid to take a stand” and I am already aligned with his philosophy of “quit playing with the scissors and sh** and cut the crap!” He would be a good bad a** teacher supporter/endorser. He at least has some real raw talent, could actually help teach music classes, aspects of literacy/language skills, has children, knows/learned the honest value of a dollar, has lived a life of poverty as a child and turned his life around (although I use that example loosely), and would be able to relate and would probably be great in community outreach. Now, before I get eaten alive for voicing these thoughts, I am certainly aware of the negative flip side of Eminem. I guess I’m just trying to infuse some humor or point out that there are alternatives to the likes of Mr. Pittbull–just saying… Seems pretty ludicrous to even be thinking along these lines but such is the world we now live in and the profession that we currently find ourselves working in. It’s as if entertainment has gotten confused with educational engagement here (FYI-entertainment is NOT one of the 5 E’s!). There is some sketchy yet deliberate marketing (by corporate reformers) going on honing in on reaching certain focus groups and it is not always particularly clear what is fully being sold, but make no mistake, they want you to buy it or buy into it. They will buy you too if they gauge that you are for sale(you don’t even have to be on sale); already they seem to feel like they already own us. We have to say loud and clear NO DEAL. The bad a** teachers are exemplifying that. If you’re still hung up on the verbage, just think of all the rhetoric, venom, disrespect, insane policies, developmentally inappropriate curriculum, etc… coming out of THEIR (reformers) mouths that has been directed at us. Those are the mouths that need to be washed out with soap. Visualize that each time the term bad a** is spoken and let the cleansing begin. It gives an empowering reason other than anger to be foaming at the mouth. Someone said recently on this blog “don’t agonize, organize”. That was a great comment b/c like Eminem says: it’s time to “stop playing with the scissors and sh** and cut the crap”…not to mention all of the red tape, too.
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venum… (sp):)
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Everyone who attends will get a free giant eraser autographed by the Rheeject. 🙂
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🙂
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She’s like those bad serial horror movies – Friday the 13th or Halloween. Every time you think Freddie/Jason/Michelle have been vanquished once and for all, they come back bloodier and more vengeful than ever.
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Yes!
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OMG, that’s what I was thinking!!! But more of like in a whimsical Whack-o-Mole kind of way.
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Beverly Halls faces prosecution with possible jail time while Rhee gets a pass after Merrow exposes her fraud! Who is protecting her? Waltons? Broad? Gates? Obama/Duncan? Hedge Fund Billionaires?
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I’d love to see Rhee jailed, except that once an inmate, she’d probably try to privatize the facility . . . .
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LOL
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Rhetorical question, Michael–ALL of them!!!
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True that! (Student speak)
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Ah-h-h-h.
Our very own damsel who distresses is back at it again in the lone star state.
And if you saw the promo, she has a spiffy new girlish do.
Someone spill some water on her and maybe she’ll melt . . . .
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Imagine her spiffy self back in the classroom….I would initiate a lock down if she entered my school..see here:
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Yes, someone needs to teach her a rhee-medial lesson on R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Cue that water… she needs a heart from the wizard, too.
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She will fit in well with a particular super of a huge district in Texas.
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So would this be a Rhee-turn?
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or Rhee-run?
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I think I’m going to Rhee-gurgitate.
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It would be nice if she could personally rhee-flect, rhee-consider, rhee-view, rhee-pair (some damage that has been done), rhee-evaluate… Even better actions would be to rhee-move or to rhee-treat; realize that you didn’t win the battle and you’re “rheeally” not going to win the war. It is all so rhee-diculous and getting rhee-dundant.
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Dallas teachers are showing their fury by not signing up to teach summer school!!!
“At some point, you have to expect people to start standing up for themselves, even if their typical response to administrative adversity is to grin and bear it for the students.”
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/06/26/summer-school-dallas-no-teachers
That’s the good news. The bad news is that Buffet just gave The Gates Foundation $2 billion dollars. I am praying none of his $$$$ went to Students’ First!!!
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She is back in Georgia a again too ??? Can’t be good.
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Lucinda. . .
Howlin’ at midnight, winter creepin’ in
Feel like I’ve gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car’s headed down the wrong track again
I ain’t got nobody, I’m nobody’s girl
Gonna get in my mercury and drive around the world
Around the world, all around the world
When I reach that mountain top I’ll stand with flags unfurled
She’s up in New York city tryin’ to make it big
Wrote me a letter yesterday sayin’ I ain’t got no gigs
Ain’t got no gigs, I ain’t got no gigs
If you wanna send me somethin’, make it a two dollar rig
She’s up in New York City tryin’ to be a star
Told me you’re wastin’ your time where you are
Where you are, where you are
Gotta get yourself out of all those Texas bars
Howlin’ at midnight, winter creepin’ in
Feel like I’ve gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car’s headed down the wrong track again
This car’s headed down the wrong track again
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The lovely and monumental Ms. Williams. Love.
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I lived seventeen hot, miserable years in Texas. It IS a parallel universe as a history prof at Ohio State U. had told me decades earlier. Let’s just say that intellectual pursuits are joke material for the beer swigging, honky tonk loving macho men (and women.) That Michelle will ascend to the podium of that rally of rats and lie without taking a breathe, is a fitting state to do that in! I happily left ten years ago and since then the state has become even more bizarre! Just google their brain impaired governor and see the depth stupidity can sink to! Michele is so open with her rants of destruction on teachers, public schools that it boggles the mind that ANY state or educational front would welcome her mindless vitriol…but Texans love their nihilistic view of government and their LOVE of the brazen oil barons. The whole wretched state encapsulates much of what is running our nation into the mud!
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She’s tasted the blood teachers and drank from the public coffers. She likes herself in that role. The hell with education…let’s get rich.
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