Carmen Fariña, former Brooklyn district superintendent, to head city schools
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has tapped Carmen Fariña, a veteran educator and education administrator in South Brooklyn, who most recently served in the Department of Education as a deputy chancellor, to be the next schools chancellor.
De Blasio made the announcement on Monday, December 30, noting, “Carmen won’t just be my chancellor as mayor; she’ll be my chancellor as a public school parent.
“For years, I’ve watched her innovate new ways to reach students, transform troubled schools and fight against wrongheaded policies that hurt our kids,” he said. “Carmen has worked at nearly every level of this school system. She knows our students, teachers, principals and parents better than anyone, and she will deliver progressive change in our schools that lifts up children in every neighborhood.”