hot rumor: joel klein to resign: edit: Joel klein out as NYC ed chancellor

[Hannah Bell]

HOT RUMOR: KLEIN TO RESIGN TODAY

Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Schools Chancellor Klein Set to Step Down Today, Sources Say

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is preparing to leave office, according to multiple sources who tell NBCNewYork.com Klein's resignation could be announced as early as Tuesday afternoon.

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2010/11/hot-rumor-klein-to-resign-today.html


news local-beat Klein Out; Hearst Chairwoman In as NYC Schools Chancellor
Cathie Black will succeed Klein as the second non-educator in that role

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Schools-Chancellor-Joel-Klein-Set-to-Step-Down-Today-Sources-106980669.html

Black, a longtime media executive now at the helm of Hearst, which publishes Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, and O, the Oprah Magazine, will be the second non-educator, after Klein, to serve as schools chancellor.

Since she does not have a education background, Black will need a waiver from the State Department of Education.

Black also promised to bring 100 new charter schools to New York City.



appointed by mayor bloomfuck; she sounds just as bad as klein, maybe worse.

[Starry Messenger]

1. k&r

[The Straight Story]

2. Already did and replacement chosen (Cathie Black ):

Update on NYC schools chancellor: Hearst executive Cathie Black named to succeed Joel Klein - Daily News http://on.msnbc.com/dxPs7W

[Hannah Bell]

3. yeah, saw that a moment later, thanks.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Does Cathie Black have ANY experience in education and/or administration?

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Absolutely no experience whatsoever.

Not as a provider, not as a consumer.



Bloomberg, et al. think this a *strength*.




The world we live in.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Bloomie brings in an ad salesperson to run the schools

How could you blame teachers for grabbing the nearest bottle of Pepto Bismol?