What Cathie Black’s resignation means for school reform

04-08-2011

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

If the ridiculous 3 1/2-month tenure of New York City schools Chancellor Cathleen Black shows anything, it is that mayoral control of public schools and non-traditional school leaders are hardly the answer to the ills of urban education as modern reformers have portrayed them. Black resigned on Thursday after she was tapped last December by her friend New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to succeed the departing Joel Klein even though she had no professional experience in education, and had not attended public schools. Her approval rating was at 17 percent, according to a Marist College/NY1 released this week. Two percent of surveyed adults said she was doing an excellent job. Though public opinion polls are not a great way to choose and retain leaders, in this case, the poll reflected how Black had become a problem for the system and Bloomberg. (more...)

Also: Hechinger Report, New York Daily News, Washington Post

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