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According to the

document cited in

this report,

Michelle Rhee

Signed the IRS

Tax-Exempt

Application Form

on February

22nd, 2011, not in

2006. [Charities

NYS, Accessed

5/7/13]

According to the IRS Tax-Exempt Application cite

this report, StudentsFirst Had Projected Hiring 2

Employees, Not 260. [Charities NYS, Accessed 5/7

Which makes your math wr

Misspelling - StudentsFirst

- Boring, trite phrases

- Inaccurate information

- Failure to back up claims withproper citations

Kahlil Byrd If youre going to call someone out at least Google

the spelling of their name.

Repetitive

And again

Dude...its one word.

and here...and here.

per

one

I give up...

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2/11

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StudentsFirsts Members Have Been Active Reaching Outto Legislators and Attending Events All Over the Country.

across the country

events in our active states.

The source cited by

NYGPS claimingStudentsFirst is a $100million effort actually says

$150 million effort.

Pick a style andstick to it.

Headings should

be consistent.

Hey hey!ookie here!

StudentsFirst files all required disclo-

sures. In fact, donors have beendisclosed on filings in numerous states.Michelle Rhee even writes about some

of them in her book, Radical.

82%: Based on the very press release cited by NYGPS[StudentsFirst press release, 11/8/12]

OMG

Fact check:

of contested races:61.5% win rate

Misspelling: Districts,

Were two for ten!

act check:F supporteddems out of canidates

Fact check:

SF spent nearly the same amount

supporting dem and rep candidates.


3/11

$350,000

Coalition forSchool Reformthat endorsed 3candidates forLos AngelesSchool Board

WashingtonUnified SchoolBoard in WestSacramento

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initiativDemoMayor

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NYGPS ownsource, an

EPIC-MRA pollconducted on

September8-11, 2012, says

otherwise. It

percent were insupport of the

measure, while

percent undecid-

ed.[From Rhee-ality

Checks ownsource]

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4/11

Hartford, CT: An opposition member took a picture of the rally beforeanyone was on stage & blogs like RheeFirst stated it was a "noshow". The Hartford Courant profiled the event in an article on

Education Ape & Parents Across America confirmed this.

AstroTurf, the brand,would not be pleased.

Nice use ofhe qualifier.

CYA isgood when

you postmisleadingpictures.

Lack of

attendance?r cancelation torotect members

from beingrassed by unionactivists whothreatened acoordinated

protest?

Whaaat? Might wanna check your grammar.

I hear a $5 giftcard from Target

can produce aHUGEturnout.

A few employees, clearly identified as such, reviewed the film positively.To be clear, no one was paid for those reviews. But hey, good to know, if you

work at StudentsFirst apparently you cant review movies.

Fact chec

Ummm...noCitation pleas

Fact check:

Policy Report Cardstats by the numbers:

supported by: 3 Governors;

State Legislators, BusinessLeaders in 2 states; and


5/11

56%

Incomplete information

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board also said; Unlike some education reform groups, Students-

First is bipartisan. Thats a good thing. They also stated they agreed that States do a better job of

training teachers and that teachers are held to account in part by tracking students test scores.

Incomplete

information

Chris Nicastro, thestates commissioner of

elementary and

secondary education,

said via email:

The StudentsFirst

report card gives us

another look at some

critical state policy

issues in education. We

are pleased to consider

both their research and

their recommendations

as we work to make

Missouri one of the

nations Top 10

performing states.

There is no one else in this

space who can command

attention like she can, said

Andrew J. Rotherham, aformer Clinton administration

official who now runs

Bellwether Education, a

nonprofit group that works to

improve education for

low-income students. She

has star power. People in

the business call it a Q

score. . . . For an issue like

education, definitely a

second-tier issue, thats no

small thing.

Meh...for the record 26% thought StudentsFirst was effective.


6/11

Thats odd. In the previous paragraph the author describes StudentsFirst President Kahlil Byrds

political leanings as bipartisan and highlights his work with a prominent Democratic governor.

2011

231 Repetitive. Again themath is wrong.

Offensive?

Yes.

Factual?

Nope.

Note to the

haters: lots

of talent

still here.Citation

please?

Fact Check

senior StudentsFirst staff

members have strong

Democratic ties.

With the addition of a handful of

Republicans, StudentsFirst is finally

bipartisan though, heavily leans

Democrat. The Donkeys are still

outnumbering the Elephants.


7/11

Another view:

Good and qualified people see politics as so poisonous today that they simply

dont want to participate, explained Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to

President George W. Bush and a major player in the Americans Elect

movement. Its just damn difficult to break the iron grip of the two-party system.

Jon Huntsman, who ran unsuccessfully for the

Republican presidential nomination but since

dropping out has been a major advocate for a th

party, said Todays pathetic political environment

be upended either by visionary solutions-base

technology being fine-tuned by Americans Elec

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8/11

HighPinnochio

Factor

Events were

designed to be

forums for parent

and community

members to discuss

education issues in

Pennsylvania and had

no connection to

Radical

report links to a calendar

posting of a series ofgrassroots events that

by the StudentsFirst

Pennsylvania State

Director. Those events

were specifically

designed to be forums

for parents and

community members to

discuss the state of

education in

Pennsylvania and had

no connection

whatsoever to

Michelle Rhees

books.

Thats a convenient

way to spin data.

According to a report

by TNTP, however,

DCPS is actually

retaining more of its

best teachers than

other districts - in fact,

in the 2010-2011

school year, DCPSretained its best

teachers at nearly

double the rate of its

low-performing

teachers. In other

words, when it comes

to keeping teachers in

the classroom who

benefit kids the most,

DCPS is now a national

leader. [StudentsFirst

Vice President of

Policy, Huffington Post,

Only union front groups

would take issue with

advancing a moderate policy

agenda.

The sillyness factor

exponentially increases with

every page.

Tin foil hat alert.

Second poor of trite phrase


9/11

In the year and a half she's been on the job, Rhee has made more changes than most school leaders--even

reform-minded ones--make in five years. She has shut 21 schools--15% of the city's total--and fired more than

November

2012 Again,

according to

NYGPS own

source

Elementary and

Secondary

Performance PostedSteady Growth Over

Past 5 Years.

According to data

released by the

school district,

elementary scores

have continued to

show steady growth,

with reading scores

rising from 37.5

percent proficient in

in 2011, and math

scores rising from

proficient in 2007 to

Overall scores in

reading are up 5.5

points and scores in

math are up 13

points over the past

five years

Secondary scores

grew for the 5th

consecutive year in

both math and

reading. Since 2007,

reading performance

has increased by

and math by nearly

students have

continued to post

gains each year.

[OSSE 2011 Test

Results Release]

In January of this year, Michelle Rhee released the following -

"Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General announced that their investigation found no widespread cheatin

on the DC Comprehensive Assessment System tests from 2008-2010. This conclusion supports previous investigations and findings of theDC Office of the Inspector General and others. At StudentsFirst we believe it is incredibly important to take all allegations of wrongdoing

seriously and we thank both offices for doing so. The results confirm what we've long believed, that the vast majority of educators would

never compromise their personal or professional integrity to cheat on a test, thereby cheating children. With six separate, consecutive tests

their hard work and accomplishments."

This is curious. The fact that Michelles other daughter

goes to public school is completely missing.


10/11

Poll after poll show that the vast majority of New Yorkers support policies

that keep great teachers in the classroom based upon their effectiveness and support more transparency

New York Poll Finds Almost Ninety Percent Of Voters Support Laying Off Teachers Based On Their Performance.

Asked, If public school administrators need to lay off teachers, do you think they should lay off teachers based on seniority

New York Poll Finds Almost Two-Thirds Of Voters Think Merit Pay Should Be Granted To Outstanding Teachers.

Asked, Some people say that public school teachers who do an outstanding job should be rewarded with additional pay,

and 31% said bad idea. [Politicker,2/16/12]

Another View:

There is no one else in this space who can command attention like she can,

said Andrew J. Rotherham, a former Clinton administration official who now runs

Bellwether Education, a nonprofit group that works to improve education for

low-income students. She has star power. People in the business call it a Q score..

For an issue like education, definitely a second-tier issue, thats no small thing.

This seems

to be the

same instanc

as the Connect

rally pictures

Here's a vide

showing paren

marching in

Bedford-Stuy

http://www.studentsfirstny.org

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For the record: SFNY is now being led by Glen Weiner, a

former Hilary Clinton staffer and senior aide to the DCCC

Here we go again...misspelling: StudentsFirstNY
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11/11

NY-GPS,

Sadly, your effort to corroborate your often absurd and outlandish claims leaves a great deal to be desired. I

recommend a course of remedial, basic research practices so that badly used trite phrases, stylistic missteps,

and unsupported claims do not continue to populate your reports.

In summary, there is irrefutable evidence that counters your narrative:

In a little over two years, StudentsFirst has rapidly expanded to have a strong presence in 18 states, and built

a membership base that is hungry and eager for change.

active states.

In its first full election cycle, StudentsFirst supported over 100 candidates on a bi-partisan basis and a

cycle.

contested races for a 61.5% win rate and an overall electoral win rate of 82% out of 105 races in the General

2012 election.

In just two years, they have helped passed more than 100 laws and policies with broad bipartisan support

because education reform issues transcend ideological partisanship.

When StudentsFirst released its policy report card in January, it was well-received by policymakers, a number

of independent think tanks, and embraced by parents and teachers throughout the country.

With wide national coverage of the release, the report card effectively raised awareness about whether a state

had created a policy environment that would improve student learning.

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