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NYC educator to be first Black woman to lead nation s largest public school district
New York City s Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said he s lost 11 family members and friends to COVID-19 and needed time to grieve. Author: CAROLYN THOMPSON (Associated Press Writer) Published: 2:48 PM EST February 26, 2021 Updated: 2:52 PM EST February 26, 2021
NEW YORK New York City s Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday he will step down, citing the coronavirus pandemic s personal toll on his family.
He will be replaced by Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter, who will become the first Black woman to lead the nation s largest public school district.
Carranza, who has spent three years on the job, briefly choked back tears at a news conference as he announced his decision.
NYC schools chancellor exits, citing virus personal toll
In this image taken from video by the New York City Office of the Mayor, New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza reacts during New York Mayor Bill de Blasio s media availability, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in New York. Carranza, who has spent three years on the job, briefly choked back tears at a news conference as he announced his decision to step down, citing the coronavirus pandemic s personal toll on his family. (New York City Office of the Mayor via AP)
New York City Schools Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter is shown this still image, from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio s media availability, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in New York. New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, he would step down, citing the coronavirus pandemic s personal toll on his family. He will be replaced by Porter, who becomes the first Black woman to lead the nation s largest public school dis
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NYC Schools Chief Resigns, Replaced by First Black Woman
Bloomberg 2/26/2021 Shelly Banjo and Nic Querolo
(Bloomberg) New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said he will resign in March, clearing the way for the elevation of the system’s first Black female chief.
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Carranza, 54, has run the largest system in America for the past three years. He has battled Mayor Bill de Blasio over how to tackle a history of segregation in New York City education and accusations of systemic favoritism in the admissions system for gifted-and-talented programs.
“It is incredibly hard to say goodbye,” Carranza said at a Friday briefing. “I am a New Yorker who has lost 11 family and close childhood friends to this pandemic, and a New Yorker who, quite frankly, needs to take time to grieve.”