And on Monday, a NY1-Marist poll put Ms. Black’s approval rating at 17 percent, the lowest ever for a Bloomberg administration official. “Cathie and I decided that it would be better to have somebody else lead our education efforts,” he said. From the New York Times: 
 
 Ms. Black has remained largely sequestered from the public since taking over in January from Joel I. Klein, and at public functions she commonly hews to scripted remarks or takes limited questions.
– Cathie Black has resigned just three months into her tumultuous tenure as New York City schools chancellor, and city officials tell the New York Times that mayor Michael Bloomberg gave her a strong nudge out the door. Many were stunned when Bloomberg appointed Black in the first place; she’s a magazine executive with no prior experience in education. “I take full responsibility for the fact that this has not worked out,” Bloomberg said in the announcement. Black had muddled into several controversies during her short reign, such as when she seemingly mocked a crowd of parents protesting a school closure, or jokingly recommended birth control as a solution to school overcrowding. She had an approval rating of just 17%, according to the Huffington Post.