Chancellor Rhee settles in for the siege

Published July 18, 2009 4:00am ET



The shelf life of a D.C. school superintendent is just over two years.

Gen. Julius Becton quit in 1998 after a couple of years, Arlene Ackerman fled after two in 2000. Paul Vance stuck it out for three and left us with this immortal line: “To be very candid with you, I just don’t want to be bothered with it.” Clifford Janey came and went before his third anniversary.

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