Three months ago, Mayor Bloomberg appointed Cathy Black as the Chancellor of the NYC schools. Black's previous experience was in producing magazines. Bloomberg was convinced, like many other mayors, that a business leader might be the more appropriate person to run a major school system. The same talents that enabled that a person to run a successful company that produced widgets would be able to manage a huge school administration. That person wouldn't be mired in the bureaucracy and the politics that weigh down a school system. 

Well, Black is out and replaced with someone with more education background. Black offended parents. She didn't understand the budget system in New York and lacked a knowledge of education reform. 

In Philadelphia and Chicago, schools leaders who came from the world of business or law were more successful than Black, because they weren't complete stranger to education policy or urban politics. They had been involved in education for years in various capacities. Black lacked any experience. 

Quel disaster.