Publishing exec named new NYC schools chancellor

November 10th, 2010

Black attended parochial schools in Chicago and sent her own children to private boarding schools in Connecticut.

She has been on Fortune magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list and is the author of a book called “Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life).” She will be the first woman to lead the New York City school system.

At Hearst, she oversees titles including Esquire; Good Housekeeping; O, the Oprah magazine and Popular Mechanics.

Black’s appointment reflects Bloomberg’s view that success in business translates to similar achievements in public service.

“There is no one who knows more about the skills our children will need to succeed in the 21st century economy,” Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference with Klein and Black.

Before Klein joined the Bloomberg administration, he was with media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG. Previously, he was an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration. He headed the U.S.

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Thursday Churn: More schools make AYP

October 12th, 2010

What’s churning:

The number of Colorado schools making the federal benchmark of Adequate Yearly Progress grew in 2010 – up two percentage points, from 60 percent in 2009 to 62 percent in 2010.

Five schools showed substantial academic progress and moved off the School Improvement watch list, according to the Colorado Department of Education. The five are North Elementary School in Brighton, Centennial High School in the Centennial School District, Wyatt-Edison Charter in Denver, Highland Elementary School in the Garfield RE-2 District and Adventure Elementary in Mapleton.

Another 54 schools on School Improvement met their AYP goals this year, meaning they’re off the watch list if they can repeat that feat in 2011. By comparison, only 17 schools on School Improvement in 2009 reached their AYP targets for the first time. Schoo

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Akron schools to get animal shelter back

August 8th, 2010

Akron schools soon will add a vacant dog pound to their inventory of buildings.

The district is reclaiming the property, about an acre, that it once owned at 460 E. North St.

In the mid-1950s, the school board gave Summit County the property and a building for a dog pound with the provision that if it ever ceased to be a pound, the district would get it back.

The county’s Division of Animal Control is moving to a new nearly $3 million animal shelter at 250 Opportunity Parkway in Akron. It is expected to open at the end of August.

The school board voted Monday night to accept the transfer.

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