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Mamdani picks educator who worked to dismantle Gifted & Talented program as NYC schools chancellor

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is expected to announce Wednesday that he will appoint Kamar Samuels, a longtime New York City educator and Manhattan superintendent, as the next schools chancellor, according to multiple reports.Samuels, who has been an educator with New York City public schools for almost two decades, is known for promoting racial diversity through school mergers and for working to dismantle the Gifted & Talented program, which some critics argue is racially biased, City & State reported.The schools chancellor oversees the nation’s largest public school system, educating mo...

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