…go into the education reform biz. It certainly pays better:

Politico.com reports on some of the finances of Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst and StudentsFirst Institute, based on the 990 tax form that her group is required to file. During the fiscal year from August 2012 to July 2013, her organizations raised $28.6 million, down slightly from the previous year. She does not disclose the names of her donors…

Her salary is nearly $350,000 a year, not including speaking fees (last reported to be $50,000 per speech but negotiable). A good gig. Sure beats being a teacher.

The median teacher salary in 2012 was $55,050.

Assuming future generations aren’t illiterate, historians will look back on education reform and marvel at how much grifting there was.