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| Mayor Bill de Blasio has chosen Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the nation’s fourth-largest district, as New York City’s next schools chancellor. | Mayor Bill de Blasio has chosen Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the nation’s fourth-largest district, as New York City’s next schools chancellor. |
| Mr. Carvalho, who came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant from Portugal at age 17, is considered to belong to the top tier of superintendents in the country. | Mr. Carvalho, who came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant from Portugal at age 17, is considered to belong to the top tier of superintendents in the country. |
| His choice, first reported by Politico, signals a possible change of direction for the New York City school system. Mr. Carvalho has significantly expanded the number of charter and magnet schools in his district, an approach more in line with that of Mr. de Blasio’s predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, than of his current schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña. | |
| “Alberto Carvalho is a world-class educator with an unmatched track record of success,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement. “I am very confident that our extensive, national search has found New York City the best person to lead the nation’s largest school system into the future.” | “Alberto Carvalho is a world-class educator with an unmatched track record of success,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement. “I am very confident that our extensive, national search has found New York City the best person to lead the nation’s largest school system into the future.” |
| Mr. Carvalho, 51, has been in his current job for close to ten years, an unusually long tenure for a superintendent, and has overseen a period of steady improvement in the district’s results. The high school graduation rate has increased to 80.4 percent in 2015-16 from 60.5 percent in 2007-8. | Mr. Carvalho, 51, has been in his current job for close to ten years, an unusually long tenure for a superintendent, and has overseen a period of steady improvement in the district’s results. The high school graduation rate has increased to 80.4 percent in 2015-16 from 60.5 percent in 2007-8. |
| Miami-Dade serves roughly 345,000 students, over 90 percent of whom are Hispanic or black and more than 70 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. | Miami-Dade serves roughly 345,000 students, over 90 percent of whom are Hispanic or black and more than 70 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. |
| In 2014, Mr. Carvalho was named the National Superintendent of the Year. In 2012, the district won the Broad Prize, which recognizes districts that have closed racial and economic achievement gaps. | In 2014, Mr. Carvalho was named the National Superintendent of the Year. In 2012, the district won the Broad Prize, which recognizes districts that have closed racial and economic achievement gaps. |
| Mr. Carvalho took over the district from Rudolph Crew, himself a former New York City schools chancellor. | Mr. Carvalho took over the district from Rudolph Crew, himself a former New York City schools chancellor. |
| Mr. Carvalho, who earns a salary of $352,874 in Miami, would likely take a pay cut if he took the job in New York. Ms. Fariña’s current salary is $234,569. | Mr. Carvalho, who earns a salary of $352,874 in Miami, would likely take a pay cut if he took the job in New York. Ms. Fariña’s current salary is $234,569. |
| Last year Mr. Carvalho said that he had been courted to run for Congress, for the seat of retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Last year Mr. Carvalho said that he had been courted to run for Congress, for the seat of retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
| Mr. Carvalho came to New York at age 17 on a visa that he overstayed. He eventually made his way to Florida, where he worked in construction and at one point spent a month sleeping in a friend’s U-Haul truck. | Mr. Carvalho came to New York at age 17 on a visa that he overstayed. He eventually made his way to Florida, where he worked in construction and at one point spent a month sleeping in a friend’s U-Haul truck. |
| He has been an outspoken critic of President Trump’s immigration policies. The district has a “sanctuary school” policy, which forbids Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering school property without an order from a judge. | He has been an outspoken critic of President Trump’s immigration policies. The district has a “sanctuary school” policy, which forbids Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering school property without an order from a judge. |
| “Over my dead body will anyone walk into our schools and yank any child from the sanctity and the protection that schools, as sanctuaries of the young, provide,” he said in a speech last November. “Not on my watch.” | “Over my dead body will anyone walk into our schools and yank any child from the sanctity and the protection that schools, as sanctuaries of the young, provide,” he said in a speech last November. “Not on my watch.” |