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Hearst's Black Becomes NYC School Chancellor

The New York Times, Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:43 AM

Joel I. Klein, who presided over a radical reorganization of the New York City school system and drew praise and criticism resigned as chancellor after eight years in the job. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed Cathleen P. Black, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, as Klein's successor. Black will be the first woman to head the nation's largest school system, with a $23 billion budget, 135,000 employees and 1 million students.

The decision was also noteworthy for the fact that Black has no educational background, in keeping with Bloomberg's preference for executives from the business world. Because of that, she will need a waiver from the State Education Department; Mr. Klein, who had also been a media executive, was granted one when he took over in 2002. Klein landed a job as an executive vice president at News Corporation.

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