Cathleen Black

Once Seized, Now Returned: NY Schools Get Their Piggy Banks Back

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, Bloomberg New York Schools, Dennis Walcott, New York School Budgets, Budget Cuts, School Budget Cuts, Cathleen Black, Dennis Walcott Chancellor, New York School, School Budgets, Education News

In a reversal of a relatively new policy, the new chancellor of New York City Schools is again allowing New York principals to add savings from one ye...

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Cathie's UFT Snub

nypost.com | YOAV GONEN Education Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

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A month into her appointment as incoming schools chancellor and more than a week after getting state approval for the role, Cathie Black has yet to me...

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How Separate Might Yet Be Made Equal at Millennium High School in Brooklyn

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Jay Schools, Segregated Schools Education, Nyc DOE, Doe, Segregated-Schools, Cathleen Black, Separate but Equal, Brooklyn, Apartheid High, Millennium High School, Education News
Michele Somerville

The co-location of Millennium Brooklyn in the John Jay building is insult heaped onto years of cumulative injury. Prejudice is never more pernicious than when it imperils the education of children.

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Report: Bloomberg Cuts Deal On Schools Chief

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg reached a deal Friday to save the tottering candidacy of Cathleen P. Black to be the next chancellor of New York City schoo...

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Opposition to Cathleen Black as Schools Chancellor Grows

nytimes.com | JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been frank about why he took pains to keep his search for a new schools chancellor secret, saying he wanted to avoid a ...

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School Reform or Permanent Underclass?

Diann Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Education, Education Reform, Cathleen Black, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Education News
Diann Woodard

Children are not commodities to be valued by market principles, nor do classrooms lend themselves to the rigidities of standardized preparation for tests. They are dynamic environments.

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Educational Experience is Paramount

Kurt Wootton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, Teachers, Education Reform, School Leadership, David Berliner, Cathleen Black, Eli Broad, Education News
Kurt Wootton

I agree with Mr. Broad in that we absolutely need good managers to run our school districts. But more critically we need leaders who understand the world of teachers, principals, and students.

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Cathleen Black: Education's Sarah Palin?

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Anderson

It was business as usual on Friday as David Steiner apparently has agreed to provide Bloomberg with the waiver he needs to appoint Cathleen Black as t...

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The Appointment of Cathleen Black and the Trouble with Corporate Schooling

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Corporate Education, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pay for Performance, David Whitman, Charter Schools, Charles Payne, Fordham Institute, High-Stakes Testing, John Dewey, Lisa Delpit, W. Edwards Deming, Education News
Gary Anderson

The corporate community and most venture philanthropists, persist in thinking schools should be run like businesses. This time around though, instead of the factory model school, they have bequeathed us the latest business fads.

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Interviewing the New NYC Schools Chancellor (Animated Video)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

Mayor Michael Bloomberg set off shockwaves when he picked media executive Cathie Black to be the next chancellor of New York City's public schools. As...

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Jason Linkins

Cathleen Black Crams For Her Test As NYC Schools Chancellor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, Michael Bloomberg, Cathleen Black, Eat the Press, New York City, Joel Klein, New York News

This week, three-term New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg goggled the imagination when he announced that Cathleen Black would be replacing Joel Klei...

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