From Principals, Ideas for New City Schools Chief - NYTimes.com

From Principals, Ideas for New City Schools Chief - NYTimes.com

Chancellor Black: Please Consider This

Eric Michael Johnson for The New York Times

Clockwise from top left: Edward Tom, Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics; Maxine Nodel, Millennium Art Academy; Philip Weinberg, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology; Dr. Samona Tait, Bronx Preparatory Charter School; Dr. Gregory Hodge, Frederick Douglass Academy; Lisa Ripperger, Public School 234.

By ELISSA GOOTMAN

Published: December 31, 2010

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MONDAY is Cathleen P. Black’s first day of school — running them, that is. As Ms. Black, a longtime magazine executive, takes over as chancellor of the New York City school system, we asked some of the city’s most respected principals to give her some advice.

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