Chancellor Carranza Was in Brooklyn This Week
BENSONHURST/BEDFORD STUYVESANT – The new Department of Education Chancellor Richard A. Carranza has been visiting schools this week, his second on the job, and yesterday was Brooklyn’s turn. He visited three schools, starting with the Brooklyn Studio Secondary School in Bensonhurst:
Tuesday #inBrooklyn! First stop: Brooklyn Studio Secondary School, where I met with students in a #CollegeAccessForAll focus group and attended a band class! ? #ArtsEd pic.twitter.com/T15I8c9Tpg
— Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (@DOEChancellor) April 10, 2018
He then went to the New Beginnings Charter School in Bedford Stuyvesant:
District-Charter Partnerships are an innovative model that allows teachers to collaborate and share best practices. The math class I visited today at Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School #inBrooklyn is an example of the benefits of this type of partnership. pic.twitter.com/NRG1OGvCe5
— Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (@DOEChancellor) April 10, 2018
And ended with a visit to the Brighter Choice Community School:
Thank you for inviting me to visit Dual Language classes and an African dance class in Brighter Choice Community School #inBrooklyn. It was inspiring to see students excited and engaged to learn in different languages and celebrating cultures from across the world. pic.twitter.com/mIeUERlEDI
— Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (@DOEChancellor) April 10, 2018
While DOE has been creating short videos to introduce folks to the new leader:
“I have devoted my life to public education because it is the greatest gift I have received. I started teaching nearly 30 years ago in the same public high school that I attended.” Watch the second video of our series, “Meet @DOEChancellor Richard A. Carranza”: pic.twitter.com/76CBxqUJJZ
— NYC Public Schools (@NYCSchools) April 10, 2018
and he will play the guitar and sing if given a chance:
Here you have it: the mariachi chancellor pic.twitter.com/n06tAqo3vO
— Christina Veiga (@cveiga) April 10, 2018
Chalkbeat has been doing an excellent job of getting to really know where the Chancellor Stands on issues that matter to those of us with school-age children (condensing NY1 sitdown) and the 7 issues that Carranza will have to contend with as chancellor. State Testing in Math and English Language Arts started today for 3rd-8th graders, and some parents were not happy with the new Chancellor’s views on opting their children out.