Joel Klein leaves behind a big challenge for new schools chancellor Cathie Black
Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 9:04 AM
Joel Klein took over as schools chancellor in August 2002, staking his reputation on reforming city schools.
Here's some of what Klein will be remembered for:
- Helping change the teachers contract, eliminating the right for senior teachers to transfer to the school of their choice.
- Signing a deal with the union to eliminate the so-called rubber rooms, where teachers did no work but got paid while awaiting a disciplinary hearing.
- Closing 91 failing schools and replacing them with 474 new schools, including 234 high schools and 109 charter schools.
- Holding schools accountable by focusing on data. The most high-profile were A's to F's awarded on school report cards.
- Overseeing gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress test, the gold-
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