Richard Carranza

Richard A. Carranza (born 1966) is an American educator who was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2018 to 2021.[1][2] He was appointed by Mayor de Blasio after Alberto M. Carvalho publicly turned down the job in March 2018.[3] He previously was the superintendent of the Houston Independent and the San Francisco Unified School Districts.[4] He is Chief of Strategy and Global Development at IXL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Carranza

• In 2018, the de Blasio administration initiated a plan to eliminate New York City's specialized high school exam, which is available to all middle school students in the city.[15] In June 2018, defending the plan, Carranza stated that "I just don't buy into the narrative that any one ethnic group owns admission to these schools." Nyc Specialized High School
• In May 2020, it was reported that under Carranza, the Department of Education downplayed the coronavirus threat as it was closing schools. Students presumed sick from the virus were left unrecorded, and teachers and parents were deprived of information by supervisors on students and staff who were presumed sick. The teachers union contends that the DOE was not complying with state protocols.[21] As of May 11, 74 NYC Department of Education employees had died due to COVID-19.