Topic: Cathie Black

Ex-schools chancellor earned $2M in 2010

Shed no tears for Cathie Black.. . The former schools chancellor may have been pushed out after a humiliating three months at the helm of the...

HS diplomas not ready after print error

More than 1,000 newly minted high school graduates were left without diplomas - and they have Cathie Black to blame.. . More than 100,000...
If Mayor Bloomberg thought that replacing controversial schools Chancellor Cathie Black would pull his approval rating out of detention, he was...

Challenges remain for new chancellor

New Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott made his first appearance here last week when he visited the baseball and softball teams of the South Bronx...

Editorial: Get serious or get slammed

Some self-styled education activists have filed official notice with the city that they intend to sue Mayor Bloomberg for $100 million because of...

NY parents seek $100 million from Bloomberg over schools

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg should be fined $100 million of his own money over his unpopular education chief's short and controversial tenure, a group of parents said in legal papers on Wednesday.They say Bloomberg chose ...

Klein: Black was 'wrong' pick for job

Failed city schools chancellor Cathie Black was "the wrong person" for the job, her predecessor, Joel Klein, said Tuesday.. . Speaking to Bloomberg...

Bloomberg's embattled New York schools chief quits

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's embattled education chief has resigned just three months after taking the job, dealing him another political setback as his approval ratings fall in his third term.Bloomberg had named former Hearst Magazines Chairman ...

Bloomberg running for another term -- his legacy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With sagging opinion polls leaving little doubt Michael Bloomberg's third and final term as New York mayor is going badly, the billionaire is splashing cash on a media campaign aimed at bolstering his popularity and his legacy.Thursday ...

Bloomberg's embattled New York school chief quits

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's embattled education chief has resigned just three months after taking the job, dealing the mayor another political setback in his third term.Bloomberg had named former Hearst Magazines Chairman Cathie Black as schools ...