WASHINGTON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Dennis Walcott begins his tenure as chancellor of New York City's public school system, a new book by leading education scholars offers insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the City's ambitious "Children First" school reform efforts conducted from 2002 through 2010 under the leadership of Joel Klein, the former chancellor. The book, Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System, edited by researchers Jennifer O'Day and Catherine Bitter of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Professor Louis Gomez of the University of Pittsburgh, is published by Harvard Education Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage school attendance among New York City Public School students, Old Navy - with the help of Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, Chancellor Joel I.

By Hentoff, Nat BLOOMBERG SHOULD GET MORE HEAT FOR TEACHING KIDS TO FEAR THE POLICE The New York Sun-reacting, apparently, to a popular groundswell that somehow escaped my attention-once again urged Michael Bloombergto make an independent run at the White House in its January 30 issue: " [H]e may yet be the best standard bearer of what we think of as the New York Idea...

By Bush, George W September 26, 2007 Good morning. Laura and I are really pleased to be here in New York City and really pleased to be able to be here with the mayor and the superintendent and our Secretary of Education.

By SARA KUGLER NEW YORK - The city's school system, taken over about five years ago by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has won the country's top prize for urban school districts for its student improvement and success reducing achievement gaps between rich and poor, and minorities and whites.