That's certainly part of it; here's the other part:
This article asks the obvious question:Why does Atlanta’s disgraced superintendent Beverly Hall face serious jail time for the cheating that happened on her watch–which she ignored or encouraged by demanding higher test scores–while Michelle Rhee continues to fly from state to state, urging legislatures to follow the DC model?The article says that Rhee emerged–so far–unscathed because she has friends in high places.
Far too many very wealthy people have invested far too much money into Rhee's makeover as a reformy celebrity. And far too many members of the credulous press have staked their own reputations on Rhee's image as a miracle worker.
She's the Citigroup of reforminess: Rhee is too big to fail. Everyone OK with that?
We are!
ADDING: I missed that one of Diane's commenters made just this point. Sorry, wgersen, I didn't mean to steal your metaphor!
good analogy
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to put President Obama's picture up there as well.
ReplyDeleteIt is his USDOE that conducted a shoddy investigation of her that exonerated her and it is his DOJ that won't look into the case.
Of course given how his DOJ also refused to look into the Bushies who conducted torture or the banksters who stole billions and wrecked the economy, I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
Those Central Falls teachers or Bradley Manning on the other hand...