Schools Chancellor Cathie Black spills on boos, boredom and her BlackBerry in New York mag interview
Monday, February 7th 2011, 4:00 AM
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Schools Chancellor Cathie Black has been provoked by crowds early in her tenure.The Ed Department's rowdy meetings have taught Schools Chancellor Cathie Black a lesson in why her predecessor, Joel Klein, spent time on his BlackBerry, she told New York magazine.
Instead of emailing or playing BrickBreaker, Black paid attention at her first boisterous Panel for Educational Policy meeting last month, she said.
"You sit there and you just listen, you don
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