Michelle Rhee will resign as chancellor of D.C. Public Schools at the end of October.

The reformist schools chief will announce her resignation at a Wednesday morning news conference with presumptive Mayor-elect Vincent Gray and Mayor Adrian Fenty, and Deputy Chancellor Kaya Henderson will be named interim chancellor, according to sources close to Rhee.

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