Thursday, February 7, 2013

Amazing: Michelle Rhee-My Break With the Democratic Party

A great article about a sensible intellectual evolution about the public school system in America. 

Really worth your time. Read the whole thing.

A good nugget:

"I just couldn’t look mother after mother in the eye and deny their children the opportunity I wanted for my own children. It would have required me to say, “Gee, I’m sorry, you’re just going to have to suck it up. I know your elementary school is a failing school, and your child will probably not learn how to read, but I really need five more years to fix the system. And while I’m fixing the system, I need you and your neighbors to be really patient. Hang in there with me. Things will get better. I promise.”

And this:

"Here’s the question we Democrats need to ask ourselves: Are we beholden to the public school system at any cost, or are we beholden to the public school child at any cost? My loyalty and my duty will always be to the children."