Those of us familiar with “Scandalmakers,” a fictional series made popular by television show “Arrested Development,” will chuckle to find Michelle Rhee at the center of Tuesday night’s “Bloomberg Risk Takers.”
Luckily, no one will be played by a B-rated actor.
D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, former Mayor Adrian Fenty and Rhee’s fiance, Kevin Johnson, among others, will appear on the show, billed as “a new series that looks at a new generation of entrepreneurs who have taken a gamble, faced down failure, and revolutionized the way the world does business.”
Choice Rhee quote from Bloomberg’s release: “I was the diametric opposite of what people both wanted and expected in the city’s first schools chancellor.”
The segment sounds pretty pro-Rhee (at a time when some educators are descending on Washington to protest her signature reforms). However, it will touch on the “shock waves” Rhee’s moves sent through some areas of the city, and the ensuing political protests.
“Risk Takers” also will feature interviews with Joel Klein, chancellor of New York City schools; Geoffrey Canada, CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone; journalist Amanda Ripley; and Richard Rothstein, an associate at the Economic Policy Institute.
Check out the preview here.
