Joel Klein

Joel Klein, who served as chancellor of the New York City Department of Education for eight years, is CEO of Amplify, which creates digital products and services for teachers, students, and parents.

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  1. 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.

    J. Murphy / City Limits