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In Praise of Fariña: TC’s Pallas and Wells give NYC’s departing schools chancellor high marks

New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, who will step down early in 2018. (Credit: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, who will step down early in 2018. (Credit: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
New York City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s is set to announce her retirement. Commenting in The New York Times, two Teachers College faculty members — Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology & Education and President-elect of the American Educational Research Association, and Aaron Pallas, Arthur I. Gates Professor of Sociology & Education — praised Fariña for her efforts to fight school segregation and her respect for the wisdom that teachers gain from experience.

Published Friday, Dec 22, 2017