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Michelle Rhee
Rhee in 2012
Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools
In office June 12, 2007 – October 29, 2010
Deputy
Kaya Henderson
Preceded by
Clifford B. Janey (Superintendent)
Succeeded by
Kaya Henderson
First Lady of Sacramento
In role September 3, 2011 – December 13, 2016
Mayor
Kevin Johnson
Preceded by
Mary Yee
Succeeded by
Julie Steinberg
Personal details
Born
Michelle Ann Rhee
(1969-12-25) December 25, 1969 (age 54) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Kevin Huffman (divorced 2007)
Kevin Johnson
(m. 2011)
Children
2 daughters
Education
Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (MPP)
Michelle Ann Rhee (born December 25, 1969) is an American educator and advocate for education reform.[1] She was Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools from 2007 to 2010. In late 2010, she founded StudentsFirst, a non-profit organization that works on education reform.[2]
She began her career by teaching as a Teach for America corps member for three years in an inner city school, then founded and ran The New Teacher Project.
^"Michelle A. Rhee, Founder and CEO of StudentsFirst". www.studentsfirst.org. StudentsFirst. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
^Valerie Strauss (August 13, 2014). "Michelle Rhee to step down as StudentsFirst chief, take 'next step in life'". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 10, 2015. Tom Knox (August 11, 2014). "Former D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee joins Scotts board". Columbus Business First. Retrieved January 10, 2015. Michelle Rhee, who also goes by Michelle Johnson, will serve on two of the Scotts board's six committees – innovation and marketing, and compensation and organization, the Marysville lawn and garden company said Monday.
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