NYC School Reform, Bloomberg-Style: Taking Care of Business?
Friday
Nov 12, 2010
8:30 am
Nov 12, 2010
8:30 am
By Michelle Chen
The New York City school system may be short on textbooks and qualified teachers, but it does feature a big, shiny revolving door. Through this entryway, education moguls flow freely between the city's gilded corporate enclaves and its pauperized classrooms.
To continue this tradition, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tapped Cathleen Black, chair of Hearst Magazines, to succeed the outgoing Joel Klein as schools chancellor. The three boast similar corporate-media pedigrees. Bloomberg was a media magnate before his wealth catapulted him into a (legally precarious) three-term reign at Gracie Mansion. Klein was a