US education chief meets NYC's future chancellor
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated PressPublished: Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:01 p.m.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday that incoming New York City schools Chancellor Cathie Black "has the potential to be a fantastic leader" and he will do everything he can to support her.
Duncan met later with Black, a publishing executive who has been a controversial choice to lead the nation's largest school system because she has no background as an educator.
City Department of Education spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz said the two discussed a number of education issues, including the city's plans to implement the state's winning Race to the
