Cathie Black has left, what happens now?
The Bloomberg administration has never seemed that concerned about winning popularity contests when it comes to school reforms. Michael Bloomberg expected New Yorkers to care more about outcomes—as measured by rising standardized test scores and graduation rates—than about his methods for achieving them.
The fact that he so unceremoniously rid his administration of Cathie Black after just three months suggests a recognition that perhaps the means actually matter as much as the end.
It wasn’t just the fact that Black was a magnet for public opprobrium. Joel Klein, the previous schools chancellor,
