NYC School Chancellor Hits the Silk

For John, BLUF:  The head of New York City Public Schools departs, with someone better to follow, we hope.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Good riddance to Richard Carranza — the worst schools chancellor in NYC history

From The New York Post, by Columnist Karol Markowicz, February 26, 2021, 2:25pm.

Here is the lede plus two:

Ding-dong, NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has resigned.

No one has done more to harm New York City’s public schools than Carranza, and his resignation now, eight months until the next mayoral election, is akin to a captain abandoning a sinking ship that he purposely steered into an iceberg, with the hope that the crash can be blamed on others.

Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2018, Carranza set to work accusing everyone around him of racism, degrading parents who dared speak up for their children.  He focused primarily on destroying New York’s best schools while doing absolutely nothing for the worst ones.  His departure has come too late for many kids across the city who have suffered under his leadership.

Yes, Richard Carranza was the Anti-Superintendent.  We have been fortunate that here in Lowell we have not had a School Superintendent who was as destructive of education as Dr Carranza.

I am interested in learning move about Dr Carranza's break.  Here is a clip from Dr Carranza's Wikipedia page:

[Doctor] Carranza will resign as Chancellor of New York City Schools, effective March 15th, 2021.  The abrupt move comes after disagreements between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mr. Carranza over school desegregation policy reached a breaking point in recent weeks.  He will be replaced by Meisha Porter, a longtime city educator and current Bronx superintendent who will become the first Black woman to lead the sprawling system, which has over 1 million students and 1,800 schools.

As an aside, one wonders why Wikipedia says "Mr Carranza", but we are supposed to say "Dr Jill Biden"?

I regret that the 90 day hiatus for City Life Show means that I will not have a contemporaneous chance to ask Lowell School Superintendent Dr Joel Boyd about his opinion on this public breach between the New York City Mayor and the School Superintendent [Chancellor].

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff