City Council Education Chair Opposes Mayor’s Choice for Schools Chancellor Updated 4 hrs ago
Councilman Robert Jackson urged state officials to deny Cathie Black a waiver that is required for her certification.
Robert Jackson, Chairman of the New York City Council Committee on Education, wrote a letter this week urging the State Education Department to prevent the mayor's choice for schools chancellor from being certified. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The chairman of New York City Council’s Committee on Education is opposing the certification ofCathie Black, the mayor’s choice for Schools Chancellor.
Education Chairman Robert Jackson, who represents parts of Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood, made his opinions known in a letter, dated Nov. 12, to New York State Education Department Commissioner David Steiner.
"School systems are not corporations; they differ profoundly in their mission, dynamics and governance processes," Jackson wrote in his letter to Steiner, which is available in full on his City Council webpage.
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