Sunday, November 28, 2010

Queens Teacher: Deeper Look at Harlem Village Academies & Black's School "Experience"

Queens Teacher: Deeper Look at Harlem Village Academies & Black's School "Experience"

Deeper Look at Harlem Village Academies & Black's School "Experience"

Cathie Black claims to have educational experience with charter school board post, but it's moot

BY Meredith Kolodner and Greg B. Smith
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

City schools chancellor nominee Cathie Black insists she's connected to public education via a highly touted charter school - but a close look shows she's had no contact with students, parents or teachers there.

Another lie.

Officials at the Harlem Village Academies admit the school's National Leadership Board, which Black joined just five months ago, has never met.

That board "has no operational or governing authority" over the school and exists for "support purposes only," the