- Former director, NYC Dept. of Education.
- Was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2002 to 2011.
- Grew up in Woodside Houses at 50-25 Newton Road in Woodside, Queens, New York.
- Father Charles S. Klein was a high school dropout who worked for the United States Post Office. Mother Claire Schiller was a housewife. They married in December 1945.
- Graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School in 1963 at 16 years of age.
- Graduated from Columbia University.
- In 2006 he was named by New York magazine as one of the most influential people in public education.
- Received a law degree from Harvard University.
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