Cathie Black is on the cover of New York magazine, a publication she once ran.
In the profile piece, she says, “I want to empower our principals because the empowerment of principals, I believe, is critical to the success of the system.”
But, when asked, ‘What powers do school principals currently lack?’, she gave an answer that sounded just like Sarah Palin in her 2008 interview with Kathie Couric:
“Well, too many people will say, ‘I don’t have the money.’ But the smartest principals will figure out ‘How do I reallocate my resources for things I think are most important in my own school? The teacher evaluation, the… all of the work now in terms of curriculum development, for the core standards.’ This is going to be a game-changer. But it’s a lot of hard slogging, also. Then we have, with the new schools, wether they be charter schools or just new approaches… they’re very exciting. But too many people are afraid of change. They’re very wed to whatever they truly believe in. So obviously there’s a lot of noise about that.”
And I’ll bet if you ask Cathie Black which of the many New York City Public elementary, middle and high schools she visits regularly, she’ll answer, “All of ’em.”