Houston's Richard Carranza named NYC Schools Chancellor

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Channel: Eyewitness News ABC7NY · 2018 · News & Politics

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Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Houston Superintendent of Schools Richard Carranza as the new chancellor of New York City schools.

Carranza has been superintendent in Houston since August 2016.

Carranza, 51, is the grandson of Mexican immigrants who taught bilingual social studies and music in Tuscon before becoming a regional superintendent in Las Vegas. He also spent four years leading schools in San Francisco.

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