Joel Klein

Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, oversees the News Corp venture Amplify, which creates digital products and services for teachers, students, and parents.

The Case for a Teacher Bar Exam

The Case for a Teacher Bar Exam

American education won't succeed until schoolteachers are seen as highly professional men and women. More »

The Case for the Private Sector in School Reform

The Case for the Private Sector in School Reform

Innovative companies have improved nearly every area of public life. So why are ideologues trying to keep them away from education? More »

Issue June 2011

The Failure of American Schools

Who better to lead an educational revolution than Joel Klein, the prosecutor who took on the software giant Microsoft? But in his eight years as chancellor of New York City’s school system, the nation’s largest, Klein learned a few painful lessons of his own—about feckless politicians, recalcitrant unions, mediocre teachers, and other enduring obstacles to school reform.

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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