City and State New York Education Power 100
in 2021 and 2020
““There’s nary an education issue that David Bloomfield isn’t equipped to expound on, as his students at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center – and journalists working the New York schools beat – know well. Bloomfield’s insight on important debates over school diversity, yeshiva education and funding equity are backed by his experience in the nonprofit and local government sectors, as well as in the field as a professor, middle school teacher and lawyer.””
About David C. Bloomfield
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David C. Bloomfield (J.D., Columbia; M.P.A., Princeton) is Professor of Education Leadership, Law & Policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center.
The author of American Public Education Law and a Contributor to The Daily Beast and other publications, he received the first Paul Robeson Prize in Minority Legal Studies from Columbia Law School and holds certification as a school district superintendent and principal. Prof. Bloomfield is available for expert testimony in education-related proceedings, consulting, public speaking, and press commentary.
Bloomfield brings broad professional background to this work. His experience includes public, independent, and religious education; public and private law practice; school district administration; government agency and elected official staff positions; not-for-profit management; and higher education. He served as an elementary and middle school teacher; Law Clerk to Hon. Robert L. Carter (S.D.N.Y.); Associate in the Education Practice Group at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.; Assistant New York City Corporation Counsel; General Counsel, New York City Board of Education; General Counsel and Senior Education Adviser to the Manhattan Borough President; and Executive Director for public education programs at the Partnership for New York City. His extensive volunteer activities include service on not-for-profit boards and as an elected parent member and President of New York's Citywide Council on High Schools.
David recently moderated the NYC Principals' Union NYC Mayoral Candidate Education Forum. In addition, his recent courses include Public Communication, New York City School Governance, Education Law, and Leadership Fieldwork. A February, 2021 journal publication found he had the highest number of mentions among university faculty in state and local media based on an analysis of web traffic between 2014-2018 (see media).
"David Bloomfield is not only brilliant, but a wonderful speaker, and we all learned so much about how the legal system works. The resources he provided are invaluable.”
Special EducatorProfessional Development, "Taking Back Your Legal Life"
NYC Department of Education
