From his first purchase of the mayoralty, Michael Bloomberg pledged that his legacy as mayor would be judged by his reform of the school system. Now, choosing Cathie Black, someone from his social circle, to replace Joel Klein as chancellor—without any search beyond his own cranium—he immediately ordered her not to talk to the press. Picking up the cue, when the state released her college transcripts, her grades were omitted, allegedly to... More >>>