D.C. Schools Chief Resigns

Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia’s public school system for the past three years, announced her official resignation today.

In a statement posted on her new website, Rhee affirmed her support for the city’s likely next mayor, current city council chair Vincent Gray (D), and praised her interim replacement, deputy schools chief Kaya Henderson.

Rhee pledged that many of the reforms she initiated during her tenure would be carried out under the Gray administration.

“The best way to keep the reforms going,” she said, “is for this reformer to step aside.”

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