From Governing magazine's 13th Floor comes a story about Washington, D.C.'s schools chancellor, who drew praise from both Obama and McCain last night -- except they couldn't agree on whether or not she supports vouchers.
OBAMA: I’ll just make a quick comment about vouchers in D.C. Senator McCain’s absolutely right: The D.C. school system is in terrible shape, and it has been for a very long time. And we’ve got a wonderful new superintendent there who’s working very hard with the young mayor there to try…
MCCAIN: Who supports vouchers.
OBAMA: … who initiated — actually, supports charters.
MCCAIN: She supports vouchers, also
Her name is Michelle Rhee and she does apparently support vouchers, with reservations.
With all the hot button political talk on education, it's good to see some agreement (almost) by both sides of the aisle on schools.
Governing ran this profile on Rhee last August.
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