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November 4, 2009
Taking bets on Joel Klein’s hypothetical successor
Mayor Bloomberg might be guaranteed four more years in office, but that doesn’t mean Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is, David Bloomfield writes in the community section.
Who might replace Klein if he leaves Tweed? Bloomfield highlights several possibilities, including Chief Schools Officer Eric Nadelstern and New Visions for Public Schools President Robert Hughes. And he’s looking for more suggestions:
Assuming Bloomberg is a lame duck, his choice of Chancellor — or a decision to keep Klein — is especially hard to predict. Since the selection of Chancellor need not be approved by the City Council or other body, the choice is largely the Mayor’s alone. So choose from the above or write someone in: The betting window is now open to name the next person responsible for educating over a million of our kids.
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November 4th, 2009 10:19 am
One thing for sure, there will be no true improvement in the schools (and of course almost all the statistics claiming improvements are lies, we all know that) until the incompetent, inept Mr. Klein who was never certified to be a school district superintendent and thus should have been ruled ineligible for the position and has proven that he has little knowledge of what teaching and education is all about, is given the boot. The position of Chancellor must be filled by an educator, somebody who has had experience as a teacher and a Principal. Whether the names mentioned in the article are qualified is something that I don’t know but I do know Klein has to go.
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November 4th, 2009 1:36 pm
What an ignorant comment. Should one have to have served as an infantry member for them to be a good general? Should an CEO be required to have worked on the shop floor? Should a President be required to have been a Congressman? Is there any data anywhere that says that superintendents or Chancellors are better for kids because of their teaching experience? How about Randi and Michael…they “taught” for something like 3 years each, were never principals, and yet now run the largest unions in the nation.
Whatever you think of Klein, handcuffing a mayor regarding who he/she can appoint is a terrible idea. Make the Chancellor accountable for student performance, and beyond that, let the mayor chose the person they feel will do the best job. In fact, the same should be true for principals, let them choose their teachers, then hold them accountable and we’d have a much better system as a whole.
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November 4th, 2009 2:54 pm
Well said Greg
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