Bill De Blasio And Deborah Kenny Square Off On Cathie Black Debate (VIDEO)

Voices on all sides of the debate continue to spar over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's appointment of Cathie Black to replace Joel Klein as New York City schools chancellor.

On Good Day New York, Harlem Village Academies Founder Deborah Kenny and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio squared off on whether Black should have to hold public hearings to share her education policies.

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[IntelligenceQuantifier]

06:52 PM on 11/20/2010

Exactly what was Deborah Kenny's role in being de Blasio's counterpoint? Dark Ages, really? Ph.D, really? Columbia University, really?

She was more useless than Enron stocks.

[CateManhattan]

07:33 AM on 11/22/2010

Fairly obviously you had a decision formed on Ms. Black before you watched.

Dr. Kenny is bringing an effective method to teaching -- she lets the teachers teach. What a novel idea!! She knows that teachers are not well represented by the teachers' unions interests. So yes, Dr. Kenny was a good counterpoint to discuss the appointment.

[Congo Line]

04:35 AM on 11/23/2010

I take it that someone that you loved with a PhD from Columbia didn't love you back?

[Matzpen]

11:18 AM on 11/20/2010

The woman who never spent a day inside a public school, Cathie Black’s role as NYC's new school chancellor will be to obliterate the teachers’ union, Not to improve the quality of education in the city
http://sherrytalksback.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/nyc-lesson-plan-destroy-the-teachers-union/

[SamiSam]

05:59 PM on 11/18/2010

I'm a teacher in Brooklyn and I don't know of ONE who says they don't want to hear her views about education. She's just trying to win an argument. I don't think she's being genuine. I need to know her ideas because her ideas affect my job.