Department of Education officials cleared up confusion today over whether new Chancellor Cathie Black has visited any of the city’s lowest-rated schools: she hasn’t. But she intends to, they said.
During her five-borough tour of some of the city’s successful schools yesterday, reporters asked Black to talk about her visits to any of the city’s D or F-rated schools, assuming she’d seen them. Black responded:
“I’ve been to every kind of school. I will continue that, I don’t have any desire to only visit one kind of school or another.”
As of today, it appears that Black misspoke. DOE spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz said that while Black has not visited any D or F schools, she has scheduled visits to them. Ravitz would not say which struggling schools Black will visit or when.
Remember that scene in the film Animal House where Dean Wormer is railroading the Delta fraternity and they all cough "Bullshit! Bullshit!" at something Wormer says?
That's what I'm doing after reading this article about Cathie Black's misspeaking.
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