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Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad | GothamSchools

Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad | GothamSchools

Cathie Black’s school visits take her to the good, skip the bad

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Chancellor-designate Cathie Black visited Medgar Evers College Preparatory School today.

More than a month after being named the next schools chancellor, Cathie Black has yet to see the system at its most troubled.

Black has been to 13 schools, making stops in each of the five boroughs and in schools at each grade level. The majority of schools she’s visited have earned either an A or a B on their annual progress report, meaning they are in no danger of being closed for poor performance. She has been to three “C” schools, none of which are on