Earlier today I posted about Paul Tough's Clay Risen's* Atlantic profile of Michelle Rhee, the controversial Washington DC school chancellor. I forgot to mention that there is also an interview of Rhee on the Atlantic website.
*correcttion made 11/09/08
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