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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Jeff, I just got a mailing from Grosso emphasizing his support for education "reform." There wasn't much detail, so it wasn't clear if he was a strong supporter of Michelle Rhee's kind of "reform," which I found to be highly divisive and counterproductive, or some other kind of reform.  Obviously I'll do more research before I vote but I was wondering if you had a view on this.  Your interview with him addresses a couple of interesting ideas but it's still unclear to me where he is coming from.   What do you think?

I really want to get rid of Michael Brown (whose life seems to be in constant upheaval) but I'm not willing to vote for someone who might want to give us another Michelle Rhee.  On the other hand, it makes sense to support the person who has the most support and Grosso may be that guy.

Anybody know anything about the other candidates that you'd like to share?

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Here is the best source for Grosso's education policy:

http://www.grossoatlarge.com/towards_a_better_d_c_streamlining_and_accelerating_education_reform

I co-hosted a meet and greet for him on Saturday during which he spoke about education. He would like to see education taken out of the Committee of the Whole and given to a standalone committee which he chairs. He supports Kaya Henderson. As I remember, he supported many of Rhee's reforms, but didn't agree with the way she operated. He feels that the Council has not done enough to support reforms.

I'll speak frankly about Rhee, but I want to emphasize that this is my own thinking, not Grosso's. Rhee is gone now and Grosso doesn't gain anything from taking a strand one way or another on her. He needs votes from people who both supported and opposed her. I personally was very opposed to Rhee and documented that opposition in many posts on the blog here and in posts in the DC Public Schools forum here. I am comfortable supporting Grosso and his education goals. But, he has support from people like Jon Hill who strongly supported Rhee.

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