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YChooo #keepnycschoolsopen

1 Jan, 12 tweets, 8 min read

Curious why NYC Chancellor, head of the largest school system in the country, was not even mentioned among contenders for the nation's top ed job.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…

A simple google search to Wikipedia shows this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A…
Gosh, Biden probably didn't want this headache.

@NYCMayor

A look back at 2020 with @NYCMayor and @DOEChancellor at the helm of NYC public schools. We started the year off w/angry parents at a Queens town hall.

@nytimes

Even the @nytimes couldn't ignore the fury of Asian parents which Carranza fueled since his arrival in 2018. nytimes.com/2020/03/03/nyr…

@NYCMayor

In March, he and @NYCMayor were reticent to close schools, ignoring the cries of families and school staff. "The schools chief said the DOE would maintain the status quo “until 108,000 epidemiologists” make the same demand."

“Never waste a good crisis to transform a school system.” Those were Chancellor Richard Carranza’s words in a virtual roundtable with Latino leaders last month." nypost.com/2020/05/05/ric…

"New York City’s school principals union demanded Sunday that Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza abdicate control of the system to the state — a brutal rebuke over their handling of COVID-19." marketwatch.com/story/new-york…

2020 Fait accompli.

"The city is making significant changes to the middle and high school admission processes due to the coronavirus pandemic — eliminating the use of academic criteria to determine admissions to middle schools this year..."
ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

Should we be surprised when this is how he started his tenure in NYC in 2018? nydailynews.com/new-york/educa…

He came to NYC by way of Houston, and here's the latest from Houston since his departure. npr.org/2019/11/22/781…

@NYCMayor

Within months of arriving in NYC, the divisive racial rhetoric began. Did @NYCMayor hire him to give cover to his own anti-Asian faux pas?

@NYCMayor

Should we be holding our breath for another apology after an atrocious 2020 year for NYC families?

2021 gives us a shot at the next 4/8 years. We need to vote for a Mayor that will undo all the harm of @NYCMayor and @DOEChancellor.

It's in our hands.

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The argument in NYC’s specialized HS was on a single test #SHSAT. However the attacks on all the other schools around the country made it crystal clear that it was never about a single test. 1/

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@MaudMaron

“Trying to silence people, shame people, and bully people so they can’t be heard is unacceptable. .. and the ppl who want to silence parents should be ashamed of themselves.” Spoke like a true leader. TY @MaudMaron @placenyc_org

“Let the student speak” I said.
This woman blocks the podium and refuses to move out of the way so the 6th gr student can have her voice heard. This is not what democracy is about..this is the cancel culture.