Michelle Rhee: Dragon Capitalist

[Modern School]

Michelle Rhee’s Students First project collaborated with Michigan Republicans to draft four anti-teacher education bills, including the implementation of a merit pay scheme and the gutting of teacher’s collective bargaining rights. The bills make it easier to fire teachers, dramatically reducing their ability to advocate for their students or themselves. The bills also make it easier to slash their pensions, benefits and pay and easier to bust their unions. This, in turn, makes it easier to fund subsidies and tax cuts for the wealthy and while contributing to increased profits by stimulating a general downward spiral in wages.

The following is from the Rhee First website:http://www.rheefirst.com/?p=1271

“Education blogger At the Chalk Face http://shaunpjohnson.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/studentsfirst-internal-briefing-documents/ has obtained an internal briefing document from Michelle Rhee’s Students First, and makes clear just how extensively Students First collaborated with Michigan Republicans on four education bills targeting teachers, including one limiting collective bargaining. The 30-page PDF is available here.”

Modern School
http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/michelle-rhee-dragon-capitalist.html

[ThatPoetGuy]

1. What does the "dragon" have to do with anything?

She's doing terrible things that could harm our education system and our kids for generations, but it's important that we avoid dragon lady stereotypes when talking about Asian American women.

[Angry Dragon]

2. You are correct that she is no dragon, but for different reasons than yours

[LeftyMom]

3. Glad somebody else caught that.

I alerted, and I can't stand the lady. Racism isn't appropriate, ever.

[mwrguy]

4. Racist stereotype

Thanks for mentioning that.