Despite Waiver Reports, Opposition To Cathie Black Remains
November 27, 2010 9:12 AM
Cathie Black and Joel Klein (credit: AP)
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Just days after a state panel recommended against it, news broke Friday night that Cathie Black, a former executive with Hearst Media with no education experience, will be given a needed waiver to become the next New York City Schools Chancellor. As Derricke Dennis reports, reaction to the news is mixed.
Various community leaders planned to announce their opposition at P.S. 13. in East New York Saturday.
“When the Mayor first approached me about becoming Chancellor, I was immediately enthusiastic,” Cathie Black said. She will be the next chancellor, according to a new report by the Associated Press.
A source told the AP that the state’s education commissioner will announce Monday that Black, even though she lacks the required educational background
