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Bloomberg and Education Commish Reach Deal: Report | NBC New York

Bloomberg and Education Commish Reach Deal: Report | NBC New York

Bloomberg and Education Commish Reach Deal on Black: Report

By HASANI GITTENS
Updated 9:05 AM EST, Sat, Nov 27, 2010

AP

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