Opposition Growing to Bloomberg’s Pick for Schools Chief

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Source: The New York Times

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been frank about why he took pains to keep his search for a new schools chancellor secret, saying he wanted to avoid a public spectacle.

But a spectacle is exactly what Mr. Bloomberg has unleashed, and a week after announcing his choice of Cathleen P. Black, a publishing executive, to succeed Joel I. Klein as chief of the country’s largest school system, the mayor’s aides are trying to fend off mounting skepticism about her selection.

City Council members are asking the state to deny Ms. Black the waiver she would need to fill the post. Lawmakers and parents active in the schools are calling for public hearings. Even some of the mayor’s supporters are questioning his decision.

The leader of the city’s teachers’ union said the furor underscored how poorly he believed Mr. Bloomberg had handled Ms. Black’s selection.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/nyregion/16black.html

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1. Searching for a public school head SHOULDN'T be a public spectacle?

It SHOULDN'T include input from teachers, parents, school and educational leaders, political representatives--also known as THE PUBLIC? No, Bloomie, you kept it a secret you could sneak in yet another pro-privatization, anti-union, totally unqualified executive!

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