Condition Put on Schools Pick in Rebuke to Bloomberg
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Published: November 23, 2010
The candidacy of Cathleen P. Black, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s choice to be chancellor of New York City schools, was in jeopardy on Tuesday as both a panel weighing her credentials and the state official who will determine her fate expressed deep doubts about her readiness for the job.
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The official, David M. Steiner, the state education commissioner, said he would consider granting Ms. Black, a publishing executive, the waiver she would need to take office if Mr. Bloomberg appointed an educator to help her run the system. Ms. Black lacks the education credentials to be the schools chief required under state law.
But Dr. Steiner did not rule out ruling no entirely, expressing skepticism about Ms. Black’s ability to master the intricacies of the nation’s largest school system. Her cause was further undermined on Tuesday when six of the eight members of a panel Dr. Steiner