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Critics Disparage Chancellor Pick; Mayor Defends Choice
NEW YORK (1010 WINS/CBS 2) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sticking to his guns a day after several lawmakers denounced at a news conference the selection of Cathie Black as Schools Chancellor. On his...
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Bill de Blasio Wants Public Forum On Schools Pick
NEW YORK (WCBS 880 / AP) - Just how much is known about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s pick for New York City Schools Chancellor? Download: lamb_black1w_morn_101116.mp3 WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb reports Bill de...
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Bloomberg’s Choice For Schools Stays Under Wraps
NEW YORK (AP / CBS New York) – The magazine executive Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose to lead New York’s sprawling public school system has spent the week shuttling between her Park Avenue apartment...
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Panel Votes Against Waiver For Cathie Black
NEW YORK (CBS 2/WCBS 880/1010 WINS/AP) – In a potential setback for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s hand-picked choice to run New York City schools, an eight-member panel of education experts has voted...
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NY Education Commissioner Grants Waiver For Black
NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS/WCBS 880/AP) – New York State Education Commissioner David Steiner has granted a waiver to let media executive Cathie Black head New York City’s school system. Download:...
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Incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Asks For ‘Chance’
NEW YORK (AP) – The incoming chancellor of New York City’s public school system is pleading with the public to give her a chance to show that she can do the job. Publishing executive Cathie Black...
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Another Lawsuit Filed Over NYC Schools Choice
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WCBS 880) – A second lawsuit has been filed in an effort to nullify the hiring of a publishing executive as New York City’s schools chancellor. The suit by state Assemblyman Hakeem...
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Judge Clears Way For NYC Schools Chancellor
NEW YORK (AP / 1010 WINS) – A judge has cleared the way for publishing executive Cathie Black to head New York City’s public schools. Download: jones_black1v_morn_101230.mp3 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reports...
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Cathie Black Out As NYC Schools Chancellor
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — After holding the position for three months, Cathie Black resigned Thursday as New York City Schools Chancellor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced. Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott...
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First Day On The Job For New NYC Schools Chancellor Walcott
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Newly-minted New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott faced his first full day at the helm of city schools Friday, starting with walking walking his grandson, Justin, to...
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No Honeymoon For New NYC Schools Chancellor
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The incoming New York City schools chancellor, Dennis Walcott, will have no honeymoon as he meets with parents, school administrators and officials both here in the City and...
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NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Gets Waiver
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Dennis Walcott has received the blessing of New York’s education commissioner to officially take over as New York City’s new schools chancellor. David Steiner granted the...
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Walcott’s Excitement Shines As He Preps To Take Over
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – In his last day before becoming the official schools chancellor, Dennis Walcott spent Friday serving kids at P.S. 10 in Park Slope his healthy soymilk-based banana-flavored...
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School Chancellor Walcott Backs Charter Schools
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City’s new school chancellor, Dennis Walcott, said he’s a believer in options for quality education and that includes charter schools. Walcott said Wednesday it is...
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New Schools Chancellor Pulled Over By NYPD
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)– Two New York City police officers ran into some unexpected trouble when they pulled over a vehicle carrying one of the city’s more powerful officials, schools Chancellor...
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Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Denies Claim That NYC Warehouses Students
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents says thousands of students are now “warehoused” due to New York City’s policy of shutting failing schools. Chancellor...
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Report: Test Performance Of NYC School Children Stagnant
NEW YORK (AP / WCBS 880) – Test scores for New York City’s fourth- and eighth-graders were flat between 2009 and 2011 and the racial achievement gap hardly budged between 2003 and 2011, according to...
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Parents, Students Glad To See School Bus Strike End
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The school bus strike that has had thousands of parents scrambling to get their kids to school for the past month has come to an end. As CBS 2’s Alice Gainer reported, the...
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Chancellor Walcott Lashes Back At Mayoral Candidates Over Education Policies
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of New York City’s public schools is lashing back at mayoral candidates who say they would change Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s education policies if elected this November. Schools...
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Walcott Raked Over The Coals At City Council Budget Hearing
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott met with some angry and hostile comments Tuesday, as he testified at a budget hearing before the City Council Finance and...
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