Michelle Rhee

Biography

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Michelle A. Rhee (born December 25, 1969) is the former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system of Washington, D.C., in the United States. In 1997 she founded The New Teacher Project (TNTP), which in ten years has recruited 10,000 teachers in twenty states. She announced her resignation as chancellor on October 13, 2010, effective at the end of the month. Rhee is the founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, a 501(c)(4) political advocacy organization which works on education reform issues.

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