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In this photo provided by The Broad Foundation, New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein, left, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, center, and Caroline Kennedy smile after winning The Broad Prize Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in Washington. New York City public schools will receive $500,000 in college scholarships for graduating seniors and four finalist districts from across the country will share an additional $500,000. (AP Photo/The Broad Foundation, Diane Bondareff) [/FONT]
Quote: Klein: From Microsoft Case to NY Schools
By SARA KUGLER – 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) — When he was picked to run the nation's largest school system, Joel Klein was not a logical choice: Most of his time in schools had been spent as a student.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg needed a superstar: It was July 2002, and the newly elected mayor had accomplished a major feat in persuading the state Legislature to give him control of the school system, with its 1 million students, dismal graduation rates and achievement gaps between black and Hispanic children and their white counterparts.
Bloomberg, himself a former CEO who had no political experience before he was elected mayor, chose Klein because he believed he had demonstrated an ability to tackle enormous problems and had unique analytical skills that were honed during years of experience in litigation. Klein headed the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division for nearly four years, and launched the case to break up Microsoft.
On Tuesday, Klein was back in Washington, but for very different reasons.
He was there with Bloomberg to accept the nation's top prize in public education, awarded annually to an urban district showing the greatest student improvement and most success in reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities. Cautioning there is still work to be done, he was measured in his joy.
"Obviously we have a lot of work ahead of us and we intend to do the hard work. ... At the same time, I think this is a moment to celebrate," Klein said.
A New York City native, Klein lived in public housing and attended public schools before going on to Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He later returned to the city school system for a brief stint as a sixth-grade math teacher in Queens during a leave of absence from law school in the late 1960s.
Klein went to the Bloomberg administration from the media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG. After Bloomberg took office, the mayor moved the Department of Education to a new headquarters steps from City Hall, signaling the close attention he planned to put on city schools. Klein was the first chancellor to work there and has a standing meeting with Bloomberg twice a week at City Hall.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation praised Bloomberg and Klein for their work in starting a turnaround of the city's notoriously beleaguered school system, which has 1,450 schools, 80,000 teachers and annual budget of $17 billion.
The administration has its critics. Parents, elected officials and the teachers union often harp on Klein and Bloomberg for varying reasons, from how the school system is organized, to its still-lagging graduation rates to a rule banning cell phones in schools. Klein's approval rating — which hovers in the 30 to 40 percent range according to Quinnipiac University polls — may reflect that discontent.
Klein is a lifelong Yankees fan and has an active social life with his wife, Nicole Seligman. The two live on Manhattan's Upper East Side and spend many nights out on the high-society circuit. Seligman is general counsel at Sony and was previously a personal attorney for Clinton, representing the president during impeachment proceedings, among other things.
Their famous friends include Oscar de la Renta, Mortimer Zuckerman and Caroline Kennedy, who was a college dormmate of Seligman's. That relationship may have led to Kennedy's help in a recent initiative to raise private money for the schools.
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In this photo provided by The Broad Foundation, New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein, left, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, center, and Caroline Kennedy smile after winning The Broad Prize Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in Washington. New York City public schools will receive $500,000 in college scholarships for graduating seniors and four finalist districts from across the country will share an additional $500,000. (AP Photo/The Broad Foundation, Diane Bondareff) [/FONT]
Quote: Klein: From Microsoft Case to NY Schools
By SARA KUGLER – 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) — When he was picked to run the nation's largest school system, Joel Klein was not a logical choice: Most of his time in schools had been spent as a student.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg needed a superstar: It was July 2002, and the newly elected mayor had accomplished a major feat in persuading the state Legislature to give him control of the school system, with its 1 million students, dismal graduation rates and achievement gaps between black and Hispanic children and their white counterparts.
Bloomberg, himself a former CEO who had no political experience before he was elected mayor, chose Klein because he believed he had demonstrated an ability to tackle enormous problems and had unique analytical skills that were honed during years of experience in litigation. Klein headed the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division for nearly four years, and launched the case to break up Microsoft.
On Tuesday, Klein was back in Washington, but for very different reasons.
He was there with Bloomberg to accept the nation's top prize in public education, awarded annually to an urban district showing the greatest student improvement and most success in reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities. Cautioning there is still work to be done, he was measured in his joy.
"Obviously we have a lot of work ahead of us and we intend to do the hard work. ... At the same time, I think this is a moment to celebrate," Klein said.
A New York City native, Klein lived in public housing and attended public schools before going on to Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He later returned to the city school system for a brief stint as a sixth-grade math teacher in Queens during a leave of absence from law school in the late 1960s.
Klein went to the Bloomberg administration from the media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG. After Bloomberg took office, the mayor moved the Department of Education to a new headquarters steps from City Hall, signaling the close attention he planned to put on city schools. Klein was the first chancellor to work there and has a standing meeting with Bloomberg twice a week at City Hall.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation praised Bloomberg and Klein for their work in starting a turnaround of the city's notoriously beleaguered school system, which has 1,450 schools, 80,000 teachers and annual budget of $17 billion.
The administration has its critics. Parents, elected officials and the teachers union often harp on Klein and Bloomberg for varying reasons, from how the school system is organized, to its still-lagging graduation rates to a rule banning cell phones in schools. Klein's approval rating — which hovers in the 30 to 40 percent range according to Quinnipiac University polls — may reflect that discontent.
Klein is a lifelong Yankees fan and has an active social life with his wife, Nicole Seligman. The two live on Manhattan's Upper East Side and spend many nights out on the high-society circuit. Seligman is general counsel at Sony and was previously a personal attorney for Clinton, representing the president during impeachment proceedings, among other things.
Their famous friends include Oscar de la Renta, Mortimer Zuckerman and Caroline Kennedy, who was a college dormmate of Seligman's. That relationship may have led to Kennedy's help in a recent initiative to raise private money for the schools.
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband laughs after saying that the New York Yankees would probably lose to the Boston Red Sox during a question and answer session with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York. Looking on are the school's principal Ed DeMeo, left, and Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with Caroline Kennedy, center, and his special advisor Sarah Schaefer, left, after meeting with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York, where he answered questions about world affairs and global warming. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York, where he answered questions about world affairs and global warming. Seated at right is Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York, where he answered their questions about world affairs and global warming. Looking on are the school's principal Ed DeMeo, left, and Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband laughs after saying that the New York Yankees would probably lose to the Boston Red Sox during a question and answer session with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York. Looking on are the school's principal Ed DeMeo, left, and Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with Caroline Kennedy, center, and his special advisor Sarah Schaefer, left, after meeting with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York, where he answered questions about world affairs and global warming. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York, where he answered questions about world affairs and global warming. Seated at right is Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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Quote: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks with students at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York, where he answered their questions about world affairs and global warming. Looking on are the school's principal Ed DeMeo, left, and Caroline Kennedy. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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2nd Annual New York Magazine Best Bets Event to Benefit The Fund For Public Schools
(EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) NEW YORK - OCTOBER 03: Author and Political Personality Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and Actress Kerry Washinton Attend the 2nd Annual New York Magazine Best Bets Event to Benefit the Fund for Public Schools at Skylight Studios on October 3, 2007 in New York City.(Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage
2nd Annual New York Magazine Best Bets Event to Benefit The Fund For Public Schools
(EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) NEW YORK - OCTOBER 03: Author and Political Personality Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and Actress Kerry Washinton Attend the 2nd Annual New York Magazine Best Bets Event to Benefit the Fund for Public Schools at Skylight Studios on October 3, 2007 in New York City.(Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage
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Sad news for her:
Caroline breakup story stuns pals of Kennedys
Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 20, 2006 by Bill Zwecker
Celebrity breakups are so common, we barely blink when they're reported.
But one high-profile relationship most people considered solid as a rock has been the marriage of Caroline Kennedy and her husband, industrial designer Edwin Schlossberg.
So a story about a possible Kennedy-Schlossberg split -- first reported by the Rush & Molloy column in the New York Daily News Monday -- came as quite a shock to several Chicago friends and associates of the couple. Yet, some think the couple may have hit a "rough patch" and perhaps they are "kind of leading separate lives."
Yet, like Rush & Molloy, this column is getting conflicting stories from several extremely close Kennedy intimates -- some convinced the couple is having problems, but others denying anything substantial has changed in Kennedy and Schlossberg's relationship in recent years.
"Anyone paying attention has long realized Ed and Caroline go their separate ways, except when it involves their children -- who they both adore -- or their life outside the public eye," a lifelong Caroline Kennedy friend told me Monday.
"I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of charity events in New York where Ed has joined Caroline the past several years. He hates those things and has always made it clear he won't go -- unless it's a cause he personally cares about. ... So, to point to the fact they haven't been seen much together in public -- as proof they are splitting up -- is really ridiculous," the friend added.
Yet, another friend, who also asked for anonymity, did say the couple "are on separate tracks. ... But don't be thinking there will be a divorce. Caroline would never want that. ... They seem to be working on keeping things together -- at least for the children."
Three other sources -- long close to the Kennedy clan across the board -- told me Monday, "This is the first I've heard of it," when asked about a possible Kennedy-Schlossberg breakup or trial separation.
uCalls to both Kennedy's and Schlossberg's offices requesting comment on this were not returned.
Caroline marriage 'is over'
Sunday Mirror, Sep 2, 2007 by JULIAN BROUWER in New York
THE TURBULENT life of Caroline Kennedy has suffered another setback with reports that her husband has finally decided to end their 'sham' marriage.
Heiress Caroline Kennedy - her father President JFK was murdered and her brother John Junior died in a plane crash - can now apparently add husband Ed Schlossberg to the list of loved ones lost.
Friends say the couple have been living separate lives for some time but, when Ed opted not to even bother to show up to the family's traditional month-long summer holiday in Cape Cod, it became apparent the marriage was unmendable.
Now legal eagles are rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a messy divorce case.
Recent pictures in glossy magazines showed a bikini-clad Caroline, 50, frolicking on her late brother's luxury boat with son Jack and daughter Rose. But hubby Ed, 62, was nowhere to be seen.
A Kennedy source said: "Caroline has always been very secretive. You never know what's going on with her and Ed. But there have been questions about their marriage and this will only add to them."
Others though have been more forceful, insisting Schlossberg's absence is proof that the 21-year marriage is all over.
Gossip guru George Rush said: "They're kind of leading separate lives - but Ed is still very involved in the lives of their children."
The couple's luxury Hamptons home has also been put on the market for more than EUR5million.
If they do decide to end the marriage, Caroline's multi-million dollar fortune - which grew greater after the deaths of her brother JFK Jnr and mother Jackie - could be on the line if she wed without a pre-nuptial agreement.
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Sad news for her:
Caroline breakup story stuns pals of Kennedys
Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 20, 2006 by Bill Zwecker
Celebrity breakups are so common, we barely blink when they're reported.
But one high-profile relationship most people considered solid as a rock has been the marriage of Caroline Kennedy and her husband, industrial designer Edwin Schlossberg.
So a story about a possible Kennedy-Schlossberg split -- first reported by the Rush & Molloy column in the New York Daily News Monday -- came as quite a shock to several Chicago friends and associates of the couple. Yet, some think the couple may have hit a "rough patch" and perhaps they are "kind of leading separate lives."
Yet, like Rush & Molloy, this column is getting conflicting stories from several extremely close Kennedy intimates -- some convinced the couple is having problems, but others denying anything substantial has changed in Kennedy and Schlossberg's relationship in recent years.
"Anyone paying attention has long realized Ed and Caroline go their separate ways, except when it involves their children -- who they both adore -- or their life outside the public eye," a lifelong Caroline Kennedy friend told me Monday.
"I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of charity events in New York where Ed has joined Caroline the past several years. He hates those things and has always made it clear he won't go -- unless it's a cause he personally cares about. ... So, to point to the fact they haven't been seen much together in public -- as proof they are splitting up -- is really ridiculous," the friend added.
Yet, another friend, who also asked for anonymity, did say the couple "are on separate tracks. ... But don't be thinking there will be a divorce. Caroline would never want that. ... They seem to be working on keeping things together -- at least for the children."
Three other sources -- long close to the Kennedy clan across the board -- told me Monday, "This is the first I've heard of it," when asked about a possible Kennedy-Schlossberg breakup or trial separation.
uCalls to both Kennedy's and Schlossberg's offices requesting comment on this were not returned.
Caroline marriage 'is over'
Sunday Mirror, Sep 2, 2007 by JULIAN BROUWER in New York
THE TURBULENT life of Caroline Kennedy has suffered another setback with reports that her husband has finally decided to end their 'sham' marriage.
Heiress Caroline Kennedy - her father President JFK was murdered and her brother John Junior died in a plane crash - can now apparently add husband Ed Schlossberg to the list of loved ones lost.
Friends say the couple have been living separate lives for some time but, when Ed opted not to even bother to show up to the family's traditional month-long summer holiday in Cape Cod, it became apparent the marriage was unmendable.
Now legal eagles are rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a messy divorce case.
Recent pictures in glossy magazines showed a bikini-clad Caroline, 50, frolicking on her late brother's luxury boat with son Jack and daughter Rose. But hubby Ed, 62, was nowhere to be seen.
A Kennedy source said: "Caroline has always been very secretive. You never know what's going on with her and Ed. But there have been questions about their marriage and this will only add to them."
Others though have been more forceful, insisting Schlossberg's absence is proof that the 21-year marriage is all over.
Gossip guru George Rush said: "They're kind of leading separate lives - but Ed is still very involved in the lives of their children."
The couple's luxury Hamptons home has also been put on the market for more than EUR5million.
If they do decide to end the marriage, Caroline's multi-million dollar fortune - which grew greater after the deaths of her brother JFK Jnr and mother Jackie - could be on the line if she wed without a pre-nuptial agreement.
Copyright 2007 MGN LTD
Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved.
