Blog

Posted by Lindsey, 2011-09-21 10:39:51 to News

TEACH/Here residents had an interesting opportunity to become part of the national conversation on education reform when former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee visited Chattanooga yesterday.  Two residents were part of a special afternoon forum with Rhee at the Public Education Foundation, and several others attended the Waiting for Superman star's evening speech at the Tivoli Theater. Residents were inspired by Rhee's passion.  “She’s a fireball,” Jamael Lett, a resident at Orchard Knob Elementary, said, “She puts students first, and that’s what got my attention.”