Joel Klein is out as NYC School Chancellor is out -- are teachers happy or ???

[txlibdem]

Who's in? Nadelstern? Black? Someone else?

And why?

[Reader Rabbit]

1. Uncertain.

There's that whole "better the devil you know" thing at work here, at least for me.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. All over the radio here I have been hearing Black....another Corporatist.

x( x(

Oh goody..Let's run the School system like a profit oriented machine instead of a means to educate our children.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Albany has to grant a waiver to Cathie Black because she's never been a certified teacher

in ANY state.

This should be interesting . . . .

[BeyondGeography]

4. She convinced Oprah to do a magazine, though

:silly:

[txlibdem]

5. Is that a requirement in NY?

The feds do not seem to have any such requirement for the schools czar...

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. Obviously. And I won't say....

>>>>The feds do not seem to have any such requirement for the schools czar... >>>>

..."I hadn't noticed."

[txlibdem]

7. No, mine was an honest question.

I'm living in Texas for the past 5 years and west coast before that. I have no info on NY schools, their success rates, failures, rules, etc.

I actually wanted to know if there were a requirement that education officials have *actual* education training/experience... I was going to applaud it if so.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. There is. A *state* reuirement, actually. Klein had it "waived"....

... somehow.

What money like Bloomberg's wants.... it get$$$$$$$$$$.

Re. the schools: It's pretty much the national pattern: urban schools are a mess; schools in leafy green suburbs are just fine.

Both cities and suburbs have teacher unions, work rules, pay scales and contracts.

ERGO: unions have nothing to do with why schools in the cities are bad. ( Not your contention, I know; just thought I'd use the chance to opine.)