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Back to class: New chancellor takes a tour of five city schools | GothamSchools

Back to class: New chancellor takes a tour of five city schools | GothamSchools

Back to class: New chancellor takes a tour of five city schools

black18:05: New Chancellor Cathie Black is touring five schools today — one in each borough – and she’s making her first stop now at P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School in Brooklyn.

Maura reports that Black is visiting a collaborative team teaching (CTT) classroom, which means it has two teachers (one with a general education background and one special education).

P.S. 262 is part of the Innovation Zone, or iZone, pilot program, which emphasizes online learning. In the fourth