Waiver in hand, Bloomberg and Black head to a Bronx school
It’s the first day of school for chancellor-in-waiting Cathie Black.
The morning after receiving permission from the state to make Black the city’s new schools chief, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking her to meet some of the students and teachers who will soon be in her charge. Bloomberg and Black, along with Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, will greet parents and students as they arrive at PS 109 in the Bronx.
Home to a gifted program, PS 109 is one of the top-performing elementary schools in District 9, scoring an A on its most recent progress report and getting extra credit for boosting its weakest students’ test scores. Principal
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- Cathie Black got the waiver she needs to be chancellor. (GS, Times, Post, WSJ, DN, NY1, WNYC)
- Despite the deal, Mayor Bloomberg said there won’t be any power-sharing at the DOE. (WSJ)
- The Times says Bloomberg must assure New Yorkers that the chief academic officer has real power.
- Teachers are trying again to convert struggling Columbus HS to a charter school. (GothamSchools)
- A 9-year-old girl says bullies forced her to drink toilet water at PS 22 in Brooklyn. (Post)
- The national high school graduation rate is rising, to 75 percent in 2008. (Times)
