Nightly News   |  April 07, 2011

Black out as NYC schools superintendent

Mayor Bloomberg's controversial pick for head of New York City public schools, Cathie Black, is out after only three months on the job. NBC's Ann Curry reports.

Share This:

This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.

>>> big news tonight on the education front. cathy black, a former magazine executive with no education experience is out after just three stormy months on the job at head of the public schools here in new york city , the largest school system . mayor michael bloomberg stunned just about everybody when he appoint eed black. today, he took full responsibility for the fact his choice didn't work out.