De Blasio’s New Schools Chief Changes His Mind a Day After Announcement
- Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade’s star superintendent, backs out
- NYC Mayor de Blasio had agreed to pay Carvalho $335,000 a year
Alberto Carvalho
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pick to be chancellor of the city’s school system, the largest in the U.S., has turned down the job.
A day after de Blasio announced the appointment, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho reneged on their agreement, saying he couldn’t resist “the emotional tug” of the city where he led the schools for a decade, hailed for achieving a high school graduation rate of more than 80 percent.