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NYC mayor’s choice for schools stays under wraps (AP)

Published on November 17, 2010 By

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 building and her office at Hearst Magazines, shadowed by City Hall aides who are briefing her on education issues. Bloomberg’s curveball choice of Cathie Black for the post of schools chancellor has upset some city leaders, who have petitioned the state to deny her permission to serve, blasted her lack of education experience and urged the mayor to instead conduct a public search for the person who will head the country’s largest public school system at 1.1 million students

They Blew Through Millions (The Daily Beast)

Published on November 14, 2010 By

NEW YORK – Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina claimed they wanted to help the world by dipping their toes into politics—but their failed races were mostly about ego. How could they have better spent a combined $217 million? How about college tuition for 23,000?

NYC’s Bloomberg starts pattern with schools chief (AP)

Published on November 11, 2010 By

NEW YORK – The new chancellor of the nation’s largest public school system attended Catholic schools as a child, sent her children to a private boarding school, and lists her service on a charter-school advisory board as her only educational-leadership pedigree. If Hearst Magazines Chairwoman Cathie Black’s predecessor — also a non-educator but credited with improving New York City schools — is any example, that hole in the resume doesn’t disqualify her. Her appointment this week as New York schools chancellor “seems to be a continuation of Mayor Bloomberg’s predisposition toward choosing people that he views as good managers regardless of their expertise in education,” said Aaron Pallas, a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College

6 College Admissions Tips for Artistic Students (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on November 9, 2010 By

If your child wants to major in musical theater or some other performing art, go ahead and blame it on Glee , American Idol or America’s Got Talent .

Publishing exec named new NYC schools chancellor (AP)

Published on November 9, 2010 By

NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg named a top publishing executive with no background in education to head the nation’s largest school system after announcing Tuesday that New York City’s longtime chancellor was stepping down. Bloomberg said Hearst Magazines chairwoman Cathie Black would replace Joel Klein, who has overseen the city’s 1.1 million-student school system since 2002.

Conn. governor hopefuls say urban areas a priority (AP)

Published on October 30, 2010 By rohit

STAMFORD, Conn. – More opportunities for jobs and education reform will help jumpstart Connecticuts urban areas, the state’s gubernatorial candidates told an audience Friday night.

Gay rights backers demand school official’s ouster (AP)

Published on October 29, 2010 By rohit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

Study: school buses safe enough without seat belts (AP)

Published on October 26, 2010 By rohit

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – School buses are safe enough without seat belts and students in many cases ignore a requirement to wear them, according to a study in Alabama released Monday that found the straps would save the life of about one child every eight years. The study was ordered by Alabama Gov.

Calif school shooting suspect called uncooperative (AP)

Published on October 10, 2010 By rohit

CARLSBAD, Calif. – The suspect in a San Diego-area grade school shooting that left two young girls injured was not cooperating with investigators, police said, and the man’s neighbors described strange behavior in the months before the shooting.

Obama hits GOP proposal to cut education spending (AP)

Published on October 9, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Offering voters a reason to keep Democrats in power on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama says Republicans would cut education spending and put the country’s economic future at risk if they had their way. A quality education is paramount, Obama said. He suggested that federal spending on education is one area where he would not compromise