Breaking edu-news out of New York City. NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has resigned, after eight years of helming the nation’s largest public school system. And never one to miss a beat, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already named Klein’s permanent replacement — Cathie Black, the chairwoman of Hearst magazines and the publisher of USA Today.
In the coming days, we will surely see a great deal written on Klein’s edu-legacy in the city that never sleeps. There is little doubt that Klein has had a real and lasting impact on NYC and its schools. Under his watch, NYC schools have improved, student test scores are up, and graduation rates are on the rise. Klein tackled every challenge Bloomberg put before him, and he became one of the true leaders of the education reform/school improvement movement. Yes, he has plenty of critics. But you don’t bring change and you don’t break the status quo without attracting some enemies and some opposition along the way.
By bringing in another “non-educator” in Black, Bloomberg is clearly hoping to catch lightening in a bottle for the second time in a row. It is far too early to know what Black stands for and what her agenda will be. All we can hope is that she builds on Klein’s successes while learning from his shortcomings (particularly his ability to effectively collaborate and engage with parents and the community at large).
Today’s announcement has far greater impact on school reform in general. Next fall, we are looking at new superintendents (or chancellors) in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Washington DC, and Newark (just to name a few). Some think a new supe in Atlanta is on its way. That is a lot of change in some of our largest and most influential school districts.
We already know that LA is likely replacing its supe with a seasoned educator in John Deasy. NYC is going the other route, with a seasoned business mind. So how will mayoral control districts like DC, Chicago, and Newark break when the music stops and a new supe is placed in the big desk?
Now is the true measure to see the future of urban school reform. Is Joel Klein the model, as DC tried with Michelle Rhee? Do these districts in need go with educators who can work with strong teachers unions? Or maybe this gives the Broad Foundation a real opportunity transform the urban school landscape?
And to think we used to worry about whether a potential supe candidate had the proper administrator credential in a given state …
Eduflack By Patrick R. Riccards 
Credentials might not mean much, but experience school systems certainly does. You cite Klein’s progress by mentioning rising graduation rates and improved test scores; you fail to note the amount of hackery going on behind the scenes and the gross inflation of test scores and graduation rates as a result of declining standards. Did you not see what happened to test scores when New York State brought standards up to par? We need to be MUCH more careful about defining educational success than just throwing statistics that are routinely juked by those who have an interest in tampering with them.You also say schools have “improved.” I would ask, how? And if the response is to point at the test scores and graduation rates, then a MUCH longer dialogue needs to ensue.
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