Additional reporting by Karla Ovalle NEW YORK — Black attendees at the National Action Network convention celebrated raucously today when news broke of the resignation of embattled New York City public schools chancellor Cathleen P. Black, to be replaced by Deputy Mayor Dennis M. Walcott, an African-American. “Hallelujah,” screamed a woman who jumped out of […]

NEW YORK-Cathie Black, New York Mayor, Mike Bloomberg’s, choice for New York City schools chancellor has resigned after a lot of pressure and controversy and a 17% approval rating. Black was a former magazine executive with no experience in education. The New York Times reports: Ms. Black will be replaced by Deputy Mayor Dennis M. […]

New York –Cathie Black was greeted by a chorus of boos at Wednesday night’s Panel for Educational Policy meeting in Fort Greene. The loudest heckling was heard when Black mentioned her boss, Mayor Bloomberg, who was also booed on Monday during his Martin Luther King Day speech. The meeting’s chairman tried to quiet the jeering […]

New York– Schools Chancellor Cathie Black joked that there’s a simple solution to overcrowding in lower Manhattan – birth control.

Incoming Chancellor Cathie Black made her first foray into public schools Tuesday, meeting and greeting parents, students and teachers at Public School 109 in the Bronx.