Mamdani picks educator who worked to dismantle Gifted & Talented program as NYC schools chancellor
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani expected to announce Kamar Samuels as New York City's next schools chancellor Wednesday.
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The schools chancellor oversees the nation’s largest public school system, educating more than 900,000 students across roughly 1,600 schools and employing roughly 135,000 people.
Samuels led school mergers aimed at racial integration while overseeing a de Blasio administration effort to increase diversity in certain Brooklyn middle schools, according to Chalkbeat.
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