Education Reform a Risky Business: Fenty

NBC

Leaders must be willing to take political risks in order to improve schools, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said at an NBC "Education Nation" panel discussion in New York Tuesday.

Fenty's choice of tough reformer Michelle Rhee as chancellor of D.C. schools wound up being a main issue, along with his personality, in his bid for a second term, which he lost.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 30, 2010 1:30 AM
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