Gov. David Paterson says schools head pick Cathie Black is no Joel Klein; needs an academic aide
Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 10:28 AM
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson says Cathie Black is no Joel Klein.
Paterson on Wednesday said Mayor Bloomberg should follow the recommendations of a the state's education commissioner and hire a chief academic officer to serve under Cathie Black.
Paterson, making his most expansive comments to date on Mayor Bloomberg's choice of Black, said Black lacks the educational background that the city's departing Chancellor Joel Klein had when he took office.
"Joel Klein, though his basic career was not in education, was on a lot of education boards, he took time off one semester to teach the sixth grade," Paterson said on WOR's "The John Gambling Show.
"And so, he had compiled a threshold of education credentials," Paterson said. "So in addition to making the decision they made, what they did, which I thought was fair, they
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