New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is leaving his post on March 15, a sudden departure in the middle of a public health crisis that has meant a tumultuous, draining year for the city’s roughly 960,000 students and their families.
Meisha Ross Porter, the executive superintendent of the Bronx, will replace Carranza and become the first Black woman to lead the nation’s largest school system, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
Porter will take over a fraying school system, with many students having lost out on critical instructional time and facing mounting mental health needs. On top of that, many schools have seen significant enrollment drops, with the overall student population dropping 4% from the previous year, and as a result, many principals might start next year in serious debt.
Families on both sides of the reopening debate — those who wished this year was fully remote and those who want their children back in classrooms five days a week — are frustrated with Carranza and de Blasio, and have blasted them for not having a clearer plan for September.
Porter, a New York City public school graduate, started out as a youth organizer in the Bronx’s Highbridge neighborhood and has worked for the education department for 20 years, serving as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in the Bronx. In 2018, Carranza appointed her to fill the new role of executive superintendent in the Bronx, overseeing the borough’s 361 schools.
“I am ready to hit the ground running and lead New York City schools to a full recovery,” Porter said in a statement.”
UFT reaction::
UFT President Michael Mulgrew on the Resignation of Chancellor Richard Carranza
“Richard Carranza was a real partner in our efforts to open school safely. Too often he had to fight behind the scenes to keep the needs of students, staff and their families ahead of politics. We wish him well. He will be missed.”
“We have successfully partnered with Meisha Ross Porter on projects in the past, including the Bronx Plan and expanding community schools. We look forward to working with her in the future.”
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What really happened...
Deblasio to Carranza: We are opening high schools
Carranza: It's really not a good idea, a logistical nightmare with programming and switching classes in the building, and only 10 percent opted to go in the building.
Deblasio: Too bad, open them up.
Carranza: Im out, peace!
Farina part 2. City Hall is running the show and that’s why Carranza left.
So we will get a new chancellor in January with the new mayor. 3 chancellors in less than a year.
Great!
Mayoral control must end.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
11:02: much of the criticism from the mayoral candidates was that Carranza wasn’t from inside the DOE. I’ll be interested to see what candidates have to say re: keeping Porter in charge.
"Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy , Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy....."
Toots and the MAytals
https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/nyc-educator-fired-for-refusing-black-panther-salute-suit/
THIS MEISHA CHARACTER IS IN THIS MESS.WORSE THAN CARRANZA IT SEEMS.Now Carranza can go be the Prez in Cuba.he can take Meisha with him.wonder what scandal made him quit suddenly with no prospects of job...unless he is just keeping it quiet...more racism to come.bad to worse...
She’s a caretaker chancellor and will be back in her old position next year. Nothing will change.
This is insanity. How is she next in line to be chancellor. She is a racist. I guess because it’s ok to be a racist with Jews and other minorities.
Porter,throwing herself an even mor grandiose event than when she was made Executive Superintendent!
Hope you still have the diamond encrusted tiara at the ready!
But hey, when you oversee the poorest Congressional district in the United States, why not wake a ride in a glass elevator at Villa Barone and have some nice hot lasagna and champagne?!
There was no need to name a replacement. DeBlasio has been running the schools anyway—and he will be gone in January. The next Mayor can then pick a new Chancellor.
If you could guess what the nyc chancellor would look like in 2021, Porter fits perfectly.
So much for
In Unity,
Richard
New Chancellor is a self-identified Wakandian.
Will we all, like the former staff member suing her/NYC, have to give the Wakanda Power Forever salute?
Peace
Thanks Mr.Chancellor how bout those Huston oilers
See ya' later Dick!
1:00 Honestly, the level of love for comic book heroes among adults is astounding. These are our "heroes" in the US. Clown country i swear.
Carranza is leaving back to his homestead on a Greyhound bus to Texarkana, Texas.
No doubt about, he did not like the obvious racism of bringing the in-school education back into the building so early. So much for standards, accountability and anti-racist rhetoric.
#1, #4 and #5
In unity, Mr. Carranza is now just a one way ticket midnight bus ticket to Texarkana, Texas.
1) Unity is a one way street.
2) Teacher harassment using weaponized observations is a symptom of a repressive organization.
3) Systemic teacher inadequacy is the "common core" of a delusional conspiracy theory.
4) New racists pose as anti-racists.
5) Double standards are justified for the greater good of promoting corporate privatization.
Welcome to our new Chancellor...
https://nypost.com/2019/06/01/school-superintendent-celebrated-promotion-with-extravagant-gala/
I'm looking forward to the party :)
We can one better the Wakanda Power Salute.
It is called the Walk-out-ta Power Salute.
Or we can rest on our laurels and not strike.
And by resting on our laurels and not strike, we will continue to lose ground.
Yuck! But I've said that for every chancellor we've had for almost 20 years.
Is Porter going to have a big maskless party in Times Square to celebrate her promotion? Will she be in a horse drawn carriage and be led up a red carpet with her crown and scepter? I can picture what she'll do: This is the rubric for rating white teachers, this is the rubric for rating everyone else. This is the salary for white teachers, this is the salary for everyone else. White teachers get letters in their files for these infractions like farting too loud. Everyone else gets a letter in their file for these infractions.
Meisha Ross Porte's bash was Sweet and Dandy:
Well, but they were sweet and dandy
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Oh, and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
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Sweet and dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy, Sweet and Dandy....
Papa say, "She no fi foolish
Like she never been to school at all!"
Alright, here are the lyrics to the Toots and Maytal classic.
Sweet and Dandy Song by Toots and the Maytals
Alright
Yep-a, Etty in a room a cry
My mama say she must wipe her eye
Papa say, "She no fi foolish
Like she never been to school at all!"
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
Johnson in the room a-fret
Uncle say he must hold up him head
Aunty say, "She no fi foolish
Like there's no time for his wedding day!"
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
One pound 10 for the wedding cake
And plenty bottle of cola wine
All the people them dress up in a white
Fi go eat out Johnson wedding cake
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
Yep-a, Etty in a room a cry
Mama say she must wipe her eye
Papa say, "She no fi foolish
Like she never been to school at all!"
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
Johnson in the room a-fret
Uncle say he must hold up him head
Aunty say, "She no fi foolish
Like there's no time for his wedding day!"
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
One pound 10 for the wedding cake
And plenty bottle of cola wine
All the people them dress up in a white
Fi go eat out Johnson wedding cake
It is no wonder
It's a perfect ponder
While they were dancing
In that bar room last night
Well, but they were sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Oh, and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
It was sweet and dandy
Sweet and dandy
Porter has a history of anti white racism.
Surprised that DeBlasio simply didn’t name his wife as “Acting Chancellor”.
We can assume that the Mayor had a major influence on the Chancellor's policies and Carranza was simply hired to further Di Blasio's agenda still Carranza should be judged for what happened while he was Chancellor. When you look back it is hard to not see that the Carranza years were a complete and utter failure.
First, working on bias in our education system is a noble cause. I say that as a while male recognizing the advantages I may have had that I am not seeing my poor students getting. The violence in their neighborhoods, the cycle of poverty, and lack of parental help are big strikes against them. However, his approach of white shaming was not the right approach. There are many white teachers, on both sides of the political aisle, that want to see equal rights and justice for all. Many of us in the white community were appalled by George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, etc. but we have been made to feel like we are part of that problem. There was an opportunity to make a difference by bringing everyone to the table instead of pushing people away which he did. For the record, I did like the implicit bias training I did remotely over the summer. I found it informative and made me think more about my approach.
Second, the coronavirus was a nightmare for so many. He cried about those he knew who died. Sadly, there is some blame on him for that. He was in a position to influence decisions regarding the closing of schools and failed to do so. I will give a pass on the end of the 19-20 school year because many school districts failed with the unchartered remote learning waters we were all in but with an entire summer to prepare, this year has been a disaster and damaging to the education of a majority of students. I have watched what my children do in Long Island. I know it's apples and oranges but both my kids were remote and their work was rigorous, engaging and cameras on was mandatory. There was a way. It just takes some guts to tell parents they needed to do more as parents.
Third, the elimination of the talented and gifted programs and placement tests was a terrible decision. It's never mentioned that students from poor Asian communities score very well. These tests were needed to help them and fair. Not being able to recognize that fiscal equity is not congruent with school success has been an ignored truth in education for decades. Hard work, parental involvement and a student's willingness to learn will always be more valuable and determine a student's success than throwing money and technology and at an unwilling to learn student.
I never wish bad on anyone. Whether I agreed with him or not I do not wish anything bad on anyone. But it's never what you have it's what you leave behind. That will be his legacy. His legacy is one of failure and leaving in March comes off as abandoning the sinking ship.
And my Sunset Park school is closed yet again after a week of being open, after multiple students and staff members have been exposed. I hate this so much. This will be the third time in 2021, less than two months in, we've closed down for cases.
Since Rudy Crew in the 90’s until Carranza, did we (teachers) come across any school Chancellor that we love/respect?
I think the worse was Joe Klein.
What may we suggest the future mayor on selecting future Chancellor?
And also align future mayor with our vision of education.
Ohhhhh just wait. The "Hate Whitey" fireworks show shall begin very soon!
I only wish he had success in closing fake gifted and talented school IS 383 in bushwick.
That principal needs to go yesterday.
6:38, They already have.The teacher FB page is trumpeting this "Strong, black woman" in this amazing, highly paid job. When others mention her previous issues, racial and otherwise, they get called racist by other teachers. No wonder we get destroyed every contract, get abused, laughed at, and have awful leadership...we are the dumbest. But I'm white, so what do i know? Perhaps the mayor will call racism on the posting below, but i doubt it.
"Both women say they were terminated as the culmination of a months-long campaign of gender, race, and age discrimination marked by a pattern of actions that included being “admonished” for refusing to participate in the cross-arm salute featured in the 2018 film “Black Panther.” At official gatherings of high-level Department of Education employees, then-Bronx superintendent Meisha Ross Porter asked the group to make the salute regularly.
Espinal filed a Manhattan Supreme Court suit against the city’s Department of Education’s top officials, alleging she was “admonished” and told it was “inappropriate for her not to participate” in the salute by Porter, court filings show.
In the $30 million legal claim filed by Espinal on Feb. 3, the educator claims she was told she “wasn’t black enough,” and that she should “just learn to be quiet and look pretty.”
Sooo...let's try again...
How do I become a citizen of Wakanda?
Is there a test?
And you know what a new chancellor means? Absolutely nothing. Seen them since 97. Nothing is going to happen that completely disrupts the way the system is. Just the way of the world. Good teachers are going to continue to do God's work, lazy teachers are going to continue to work the system depending on their specific school and admin, hard-working kids are going to excel, lazy kids are going to screw the greatest opportunity this free world has ever seen in favor of a cell phone and social media. Prove me wrong? Thank you. Sometimes it's really simple.
She needs to clean up the bureaucratic bloat in the doe and get rid of those fraudulent principals like the one at Maspeth. Make some real change.
She won't. But she will talk about white supremacy a lot. Why hold students accountable when you could just blame others?
I read she only has 20 years in the DOE! That should be the minimum to become a principal! Too many DOE suits in way over their head. She is part of the bureaucratic bloat and the fraudulence of the DOE. I do not think there is anyone who believes that she rose of up the ranks of the DOE because of her fine work and talent!
NY Post says she is the first 'Chancellor of color". Hmmm, I guess they forgot about Rudy Crew. (The last decent chancellor we had)
She was a principal of an "F" rated school and threw herself a $45,000 fiesta attended by UFT/CSA members who
were afraid to decline the invitation.
As for Carranza, the only thing he did, was make $1millon in the 3 years he was here.
Incredible!
BTW.....
Porter will be in her position for approximately 10 months. But I bet she has a "life line" nestled in her agreement to allow her to return to suck more money out of the DOE for diamond encrusted tiara rides in glass elevators.
She was in my building and didn't want to lower herself to speak to teachers. Guess it was beneath her.
10:03 Great post. Although there will be the some shiny new expectations of teachers with a sparkling acronym that veterans like us will realize is just the same stuff we've always done just called something else to disguise it, and we will tip our hats to the new constitution as the new boss is the same as the old boss.
James, you like this? Seriously...appropriate?
Virginia school system cancels Dr. Seuss, citing racial 'undertones' in writings: report https://fxn.ws/3dQ8tDv
Hard to believe, but there have some posts that have suggested that Republican Mayor, Rudy Giuliani was the last mayor —to appoint a decent NYC Chance, Rudy Crew. Does that make sense?
Needless to say, we will never see a White Chancellor ever again.
It doesn’t matter who the chancellor is. The chancellor is the mayor. All chancellors hired while there is mayoral control of the schools are merely puppets. I don’t even know why deBlasio bothers to hire someone new. Save the money. Not to mention the three tiers of bureaucrats Carranza hired - get rid of them or have them do something useful. The amount of money that the DOE is wasting is absolutely incredible and made so even worse by current economic conditions that are only beginning to be understood and seen. That said I wish any person who takes the position as much luck as possible because not only is it a thankless position it is also a totally impotent one, in that the person will have no say, whatsoever on anything other than things that really don’t matter. And I like Rudy Crew by the way, I believe he just resigned his position at some college. Good luck to him also, I always thought he was a decent guy.
Crew was appointed by Board of Education. It was pre-mayoral control. Bd of Ed had two mayoral appointees and 1 each appointed by the 5 Borough Presidents. SI Republican, other 4 Democratic so Dem majority.
No worries. She’ll be as easy to fool and play as the rest of the woke DOE fools. I’ve been playing them for years. They’re not too bright. Oh yeah white people privileged, equity for poor kids... as I cash in while teaching poor kids nothing to actually help them learn to read and write. I follow their chosen curriculum to a T and feel no guilt. It’s what the woke chose for me to follow and I gladly take the money. They must know better after all. They’re really woke. I’m just faking it. Maybe I’ll suggest a per session gig. Get a fancy woke title for it and cash in some more. Stop being angry white folks, learn to play these racists at the DOE. Not all black and brown people are racist just those in power at the DOE and most elected democrats. I’ll soon be retired with a million in my TDA, market investments and a mortgage paid off. I got it all from working in NYC schools. I figured out in college that most professors just wanted me to hang on their every word and repeat their ideas when answering them. I applied that to principals, APs and superintendents at the DOE and voila. Got to fool a new crop of suckers and get paid for it. Conning racists really isn’t that hard when you know what they want to hear. Isn’t that how that black cop convinced a klansman he was on his side during phone conversations? Dumbass racist klansmen or dumbass racist school administrator .... all cut from the same dumbass racist cloth.
The most important thing we can hope for is a 90s type centered common sense mayor, then a brilliant critical thinker 20 plus DOE chancellor not based on race, yet qualification. THENNN somehow remove Cuomo and mulgrew and clean up the mess.
Side note, tired of this white privilege it's actually LIBERAL PRIVILEGE, if it were not for double standards libs would have no standards at all. No comments about Biden saying Black and brown people do not know how to go on internet? 60 executive dictator orders? Trans in girls sports, possibly starting wars middle east, gas up 60 cents.
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Soooooooo Happy for Meisha Porter. Yes she is amazing. Loves to party and dance. Dress up for occasions and hit the venues for food, etc. She is the best thing that could've happened here in NYC. "The first black woman" chancellor. YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Luck to the next mayor even thinking about the remote possibility of relieving her. She is GOLDEN! Time to put my part pants on. Was thinking of retiring but how could I give up my attendance job as an ATR earning top salary with no classes? Do a little dance, Make a little love, Get down tonight, Yeaaaaa, Get down tonight! Praise the LORD! Enjoy the weekend everyone. I'm trying to find my red pants for the first day back in high schools. Wait a minute, I'm remote the whole year forgot about that. Good Luck to all!
Didn't Uft support DiBlasio in 2017????$$$$ PS Im a retired teacher started
singing Black "National" Anthem in 1969 NO ONE SPOKE UP kids sang it without being told why just another Friday assembly song all meaningless
Spring break 2020 included?
Grievance process resumes for salary and leaves
The union’s grievance process, which was suspended last spring in place of an expanded operational issues process, is resuming for certain types of grievances. The grievance process reopened on Feb. 8 for paraprofessionals, school nurses and therapists who are terminated for cause — not due to certification. This week, the UFT and the DOE reopened the process for grievances concerning salary and leaves. For those types of cases, chapter leaders should now follow the standard procedures and direct members wishing to file salary grievances through their borough office. Please inform your members that these procedures are now open.
Wondering if those of you so quick to give up freedom read the news story about the Canadian woman who flew home to Canada and was taken by the government for a forced quarantine in a a hotel who was then sexually assaulted in the Canadian quarantine hotel. Real free country that Canada. When the government took her from the airport she was told she could not post her whereabouts on social media. I'll keep my American freedom. Fuck the unfree socialist Canadians.
Breaking: A second former aide is accusing NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.
The 25-year-old woman said that when they were alone in his office, the governor asked if she “had ever been with an older man.”
Exclusive from @jessemckinley
https://nytimes.com/2021/02/27/nyregion/cuomo-sexual-harassment.html?smid=tw-share
The legacy of De Blasio and Carranza is their unfathomable "bi-racism."
De Blasio's vanity aligned with his subservience to small business and corporations was
his made it inevitable that he kept the schools open last March as the pandemic spread throughout NY City. More than 100 Department of Education employees died. Tens of thousands of NY city residents died. Folks in poor Black and Latino communities were hard hit by the De Blasio's failure to lead. This tragedy was at avoidable and it was a consequence of De Blasio's consequential racism toward poor Blacks and Latinos.
The other racism is the anti-white racism. This populist "anti-white racism" is evident in the political and cultural environment of De Blasio's reign of incompetence.
It is manifest in the firing of folks for refusing to participate in the Wakanda salute.
The anti-white is manifest in the race riots that raged last summer. As super-spreader events these riots were accepted and encouraged. The Populism of "anti-white racism" is a central ideology for both De Blasio and the liberal supremacists of the Democratic party.
New NYC schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter 'marginalized' older white women: suit https://trib.al/SswYvvG
Was it Melissa DeRosa?
Andy, say it ain't so.
Great article in the Post about Porter and how she tried to marginalize older white women.
“Queens City Councilman Bob Holden...said in a statement Friday Carranza ‘constantly put his own political agenda ahead of our students’ education...His resignation is the best thing to happen to our city’s students and teachers in a long time.’”
Worst chancellor ever and a racist on top of that
Saying he was worse than Joel Klein, Dennis Walcott or Catherine Black is tough for me to accept.
The only good thing about Cathy Black is she had enough sense to step down before she did more damage.
Does this mean we have to practice the Wakanda jesture.
I have no problem with an African American in this position. But for Gods sake could have found someone that did not make headlines. The Doe continues this cycle .
Anyone who throws herself a large party to celebrate a promotion has low self esteem.
I have been practicing the Wakanda salute because I will also teach the salute to my classes
online and in school. Then we can have the entire class demonstrate routine during informal observations. This would guarantee that we can obtain and justify a "highly effective" evaluation. It would satisfy most Danielson Rubric domains with top ratings of "4".
LOL
The more satire the better we will survive the constant dehumanization and degradation of working for the DOE.
And these idiots at the top push this on us, as they make 300k, I make 130k, and the students won't amount to anything...And nobody cares. Sad!
619. Knows the game well. But it’s not satire. Pandering really works with these fools. Your scenario isn’t satire. It’s a legit chapter of a ‘how to’ guide for playing the suckers at the doe.
Carranza and Porter are racists. Klein, Walcott, Black are not racists. That makes them better people and better chancellors. When picking the worst chancellor I gotta go with one of the racists.
They all suck.a tie...you dont have to be a racist to be a monster.look at bloomberg.they are the enemies of society...the kids,usparents,tge world...everyone is bought all in politics.hopeless...
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