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SCHOOL
REFORM IN NEW YORK CITY
New
York City is the largest public school system in the U.S., by
far. About 92,000 teachers, more than 1,300 schools and nearly
1.1 million students. How big is that? Only nine cities in the
U.S. have that many people.
It was just over three years ago that Mayor Michael Bloomberg
took over the nation's largest public school system and appointed
former assistant US attorney general and businessman Joel Klein
as the schools chancellor.
How is Klein doing in what President Bush once called 'the toughest
job in America'? We take a look back and a look forward in this
profile of Joel Klein.
produced
by Tira Grey |
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VIEWER
COMMENT |
| "I
was disappointed to see that you accepted the NYC reading
scores at face value when on their initial release they
triggered skepticism on the part of statisticians. Of
course there is the possibility that these tests were
deliberately made easier to guarantee improved results.
There might be a 'New York Miracle' to go along with
the 'Houston Miracle'."- Jack Gordon, Staten
Island, NY |
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Original
Airdate: September 28, 2005 |
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