Yesterday was Richard Carranza’s last day. He won’t be missed.
Sadly.
Because he arrived with good intentions. He arrived with a good attitude. He seemed friendly towards teachers.
But he was probably not ready for New York City, and definitely not for the NYC Department of Education.
His hires were semi-qualified cronies, and insiders pushed on him by City Hall. Anything he attempted bogged down almost immediately. Moving through the DoE bureaucracy is like trying to walk through a river of molasses. And ham-fisted de Blasio was calling many of the (wrong) shots.
We expected much change on instruction for children whose first language is not English. And there was the issue of school segregation…
On ESL, a leader who gets it! Ready to undo the lousy policies he inherited! (from the state, but also how the city coped with it). Where’s the progress? Where? Nowhere.
The integration initiatives were way overdue. He rolled out de Blasio’s specialized high school initiative about as clumsily as he could have. But that was de Blasio. They caught allies off guard. They angered CONTINUE READING: Farewell, Carranza | JD2718