NYC education chancellor: U.S. schools ‘in crisis’
Published: Friday, October 29, 2010
Hilary Rosenthal / Herald
Joel Klein oversees over 1 million students as chancellor of the New York City Department of Education.
Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, is not quite sure how he got his job, or how he has kept it for eight years. The nontraditional education reformer spoke Thursday about the problems in the American education system, and the difficult, but necessary, task of improvement.
Klein's speech, delivered to a crowded Salomon 101, was the latest installment of the Noah Krieger '93 Lecture Series. Marion Orr, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy, introduced Klein as the guy who has the "tough job" of overseeing 1.1 million students, 136,000 employees and a $21 billion budget.