Posted on 11/29/2010 3:49:00 PM PST by the invisib1e hand
Black is back.
According to a report in the New York Times, embattled Schools Chancellor-nominee Cathie Black will indeed be able to take her place in charge the city's public school system -- with a catch.
A deal has been reached between the Bloomberg administration and the State Education Commissioner David Steiner to appoint a "Chief Academic Officer" to serve as Black's right hand, The Times reported.
That brand new position would be filled by Shael Polakow-Suransky, a life-long educator who is currently the Deputy Chancellor for Performance and Accountability, according to a letter from Bloomberg to Steiner obtained by NBCNewYork.
The deal would come days after a panel advising Steiner voted 4-to-2 against granting Black the waiver she would need to take the job.
Black, a publishing exec, needs the waiver because she has no educational experience.
You can appoint an publishing exec with no educational background to head education, and then make a deal so that she gets confirmed.
I hope Bloomberg decides to switch back to Democrat and run against Obama in the primaries. That would be amusing to watch.
From her web page:
With a best-selling book drawing on her four decades in the media business, Cathie Black—dubbed “The First Lady of American Magazines” and “one of the leading figures in American publishing over the past two decades” by the Financial Times—heads Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation and one of the world’s largest publishers of monthly magazines. For 15 years, first as president and now as chairman, she has managed the financial performance and development of some of the industry’s best-known titles: Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Redbook, and Town & Country—14 magazines in all. She also oversees nearly 200 international editions of those magazines in more than 100 countries. At Hearst Magazines, aggressive international development worldwide as well as significant digital expansion are two key priority areas for Black.
Her book, BASIC BLACK: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life) www.cathieblack.com, explains how she achieved “the 360° life”—a blend of professional accomplishment and personal contentment—and how women can seize opportunity in the workplace. “BASIC BLACK,” now in its eighth printing (166,000 copies), reached No. 1 on the Wall Street Journal Business Books list (Nov. 6, 2007) and Business Week best-seller list (Jan. 3, 2008), and No. 3 on the New York Times Business Books List (Nov. 11, 2007). The book has been licensed for translated editions in 12 countries including China, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Korea, Poland, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Romania and Croatia. The paperback edition debuted Sept. 9, 2008. It is published by Crown Business, an imprint of Random House.
BASIC BLACK is both practical and motivational. Black offers case studies; “black-and-white” tips; and invaluable lessons about ambition, self- confidence, and risk, illustrated by candid, funny personal stories and with insights into media and business giants like Rupert Murdoch, Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Francis Ford Coppola, Harvey Weinstein, and Al Neuharth.
Basic Black. Isn’t that racist?
Is she going to be letting students go?
Is she going to be letting students go?
hey, that sure qualifies her to be commissioner of education for the largest city in the country, doesn’t it?
Is she going to be letting students go?
Wow! A triple post. It must have been good.
Maybe that's why he had to compromise.
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