Documenting the incompetence, corruption and racism of NYC DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza (last update: Feb 24, 2020)

Incompetence: hurting the most vulnerable 

"Treyger demands DOE hire special education 'Czar'" Brooklyn Eagle, February 13, 2019
"NYC family of girl with disabilities endures hellish 18-month wait for a school" NY Daily News, May 04, 2019

"Surge of complaints by parents of special education students sparks 'crisis'" Brooklyn Eagle, May 28, 2019

"DOE failed to provide translators for non-English speaking parents: suit" NY Post, June 7, 2019

"More than 200 kids are still waiting for special ed pre-K seats" Brooklyn Eagle, June 25, 2019

PS 9 scandal: refusal to respond to local Councilman, state investigation
"Education Department delaying crucial services for special education students: advocates" NY Daily News, September 3, 2019 
"DOE still can't figure out how to get special needs girl to school" NY Post, September 5, 2019
"Special needs students are plagued by an increasing number of school bus delays" Chalkbeat, October 17, 2019
"NYC advocates demand 'immediate action' to overhaul special education complaint system" Chalkbeat, October 17, 2019
"New bill would require NYC to report number of special education students who need translated documents" NY Daily New, October 17, 2019
"A two-tiered system: families who can't afford private evaluations struggle to secure special ed services" Chalkbeat, October 31, 2019
"NYC students see uptick in delays on special ed evaluations, violating legal timeframes" Chalkbeat, November 1, 2019
"'Mayor, you are responsible': de Blasio ripped over special education 'crisis'" NY Post, November 12, 2019
"NYC audit finds flaws in paid-for services for special needs students" NY Post, November 23, 2019
"Special education cases face alarming delays as kids wait for help" The City Dec 02 2019
"Access to child services linked to race, neighborhood and income, analysis finds" The City, Dec 05, 2019
"A special failure: city educrats' system for evaluating New York kids' special education needs is broken" NY Daily News, Dec 07, 2019
"1,713 cases, once hearing officer: how NYC's special ed complaint system had reached a breaking point" Chalkbeat Dec 05, 2019
"Thousands of special needs students may be without pre-K seats this spring" NY1 Jan 30, 2020 
"Parents fight to keep key autism therapy when kids enter NYC schools" NY Daily News Feb 03 2020
"Report: NYC students born later i nthe year more likely to be identified with learning disability" Fox 5 NY Feb 05, 2020 
"Class action suit takes aim at special education delays" NY1, Feb 13, 2020

Incompetence: teacher and student safety problems (lead, mold, drugs, violence) 

"More than 1,100 school faucets still have lead, city says" NY Times, September 11, 2018

"Black mold is widespread in DOE trailer classrooms: report" NY Post, October 5, 2018

"DOE dodges parent questions about black mold in classrooms" NY Post, October 17, 2018

"Cops clean up Queens high school with rampant drug use" NY Post, February 26, 2019

"UFT boss: City's approach to school discipline is 'broken'" NY Post March 7, 2019

"Classroom chaos- de Blasio's poisonous 'gift' to NY kids" NY Post March 13, 2019

"Numbers show increased weapons busts at NYC schools" NY Post, April 29, 2019

"Bullying in NYC hit unprecedented levels last year" NY Post, May 9, 2019

"Forest Hills HS 'pot principal' steps down after months of controversy" NY Post, June 3, 2019

"Audit finds appalling conditions in NYC preschool classrooms" NY Post, June 7, 2019

"Gaps exposed in security planning at Brooklyn schools" Brooklyn Eagle, June 20, 2019

"WNYC finds high levels of lead-paint contamination..." Gothamist, June 24, 2018
"Bronx teacher caught hiding under bed of teen lover" NY Post, July 20, 2019

"Over 900 city classrooms tested positive for exposed lead paint" NY Post, August 1, 2019

"NYC schools were most 'violent and disruptive' in state last year" NY Post, August 13, 2019

"Principal ousted from out-of-control high school where kids threatened staff" NY Post, August 10, 2019
"Council concerns about lead paint downplayed by mayor" The Chief Leader, August 19, 2019

"Number of NYC students busted for sex crimes increases for third year in a row" NY Post, August 21, 2019

"Number of NYC Classrooms with Lead-Paint Hazards Doubled"- Gothamist, August 29, 2019

"DOE slammed for 'bogus' free blood tests after lead paint found in NYC schools" September 7, 2019

"The number of city middle schoolers who vaped last year is staggering" NY Post, September 10, 2019

"City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling on Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to make sure middle schools are learning about the dangers of nicotine and vaping" MSN, September 19, 2019

"NYS school bus leaves 5-year-old boy with autism at wrong school" NY Daily News, September 19, 2019

"Vaping crisis on Staten Island: students across grade levels using e-cigarettes" SI Live, September 20, 2019

"School transportation office needs full audit: Brooklyn pols" NY Daily News, September 20, 2019

"Emergency roundtable on vaping, menthol cigarettes grows support for expanded ban" Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 25, 2019

"A bus boondoggle: the architect behind a yearslong school bus tracking fraud should be fired" NY Daily News, September 28, 2019

"NYC Education Dept. fires top exec in charge of city's beleaguered school bus operations" NY Daily News, October 04, 2019

"Nursing 'crisis' in NYC schools" NY Post, October 12, 2018

"Union repping NYC schools kitchen staff blasts hot temperatures, calls for better cooling system" NY Daily News, October 31, 2019

"Carranza's misrule has city principal furious" NY Post, November 3, 2019

"Suspensions are down in city public schools" Spectrum News 9. November 4 2019

"City comptroller demands lead-paint inspection data from DOE" Gothamist, November 6, 2019

"Crumbling roof at Bronx DOE building turns PE class into 'dodge-fall'" NY Post, November 10, 2019

"Bronx teen suing teacher who assaulted him over botched drug deal" NY Daily News, November 12, 2019

"Staten Island schoolgirl secretly photographed in shower, viciously bullied: lawsuit" NY Post, November 16, 2019

"Bronx principal 'bribes' teachers who publicly praise him with two free periods" NY Post, November 23, 2019

"Nurses outraged DOE hires educrat to solve school medical crisis" NY Post, November 23, 2019

"Kids removed from 12 city classrooms Friday over lead concerns" NY Post Dec 06 2019

"Bully sexually abused girl at top NYC middle school — and officials did nothing" NY Post Dec 12, 2019
"A dozen misidentified classrooms highlight wider concerns over school inspections for lead paint" Gothamist Dec 12, 2019

"Teacher pushed out of city school for reporting kids with guns: suit" NY Post, December 13, 2019

"..the problem has worsened. In 2019-19, the NYPD intervened in 3,547 incidents of kids in distress" NY Post Dec 14, 2019.

"Parent scolds 'toxic', 'politically correct' Beacon High School as students stage sit in" NY Post, Dec 21, 2019

"Carranza deputy chief of staff cuffed for child sex crime attempt in Wisconsin" amNY, Dec 30, 2019

"Top DOE official arrested for trying to set up sex with underage boy" NY Post, Dec 30, 2019

"Top DOE official busted on child sex charge was not fully vetted by agency" NY Post, Dec 31, 2019

"Senior NYC Education Department official David Hay invited 14-year-old to 'whirlpool suite,' federal prosecutors say" NY Daily News, Jan 03, 2020

"DOE official busted for seeking sex with teen was subject of stalled NYC probe" NY Post, Jan 4, 2020

"Ex-Education Department offical David Hay faces child porn charges" NY Daily News, Jan 04, 2020 

"Why the Department of Investigation has a 'dangerous' backlog on background checks for top city jobs" Gothamist, Jan 07, 2020 

"City principals union slams schools safety in letter to Richard Carranza" NY Post, Jan 09, 2020

"DOE officials sided with victims in less than 3% of harassment complaints " NY Post, Jan 10, 2020

"Critics skeptical de Blasio and Carranza can tackle anti-Semitic education in schools" NY Post, Jan 11, 2020
"Video shows vicious lunchroom beating at troubled Queens middle school" NY Post, Jan 13, 2020

"Officials at troubled Queens school didn't punish student for sex assault" NY Post, Jan 15, 2020
"New video shows vicious teen beatdown at Queens middle school as teachers just watch" NY Post, Jan 17, 2020 
"Queens officials demand answers about sexual harassment and assault at MS 158 in Bayside" QNS Jan 17 2020
"Chancellor Richard Carranza needs to listen to parents and restore order in NYC schools" NY Post, Jan 17 2020
"Northeast Queens officials demand Carranza schedule school safety meeting for District 26 parents" QNS Jan 21, 2020
"Corey Johnson rips DOE over discipline woes at Queens school" NY Post Jan 23 2020 
"De Blasio calls disciplinary situation at embattled Queens middle school 'troubling'" NY Post Jan 24 2020
"Queens dad pulls daughter from school after videoed playground attack" NY Post Jan 29 2020
"Beating at Marie Curie shows crisis in schools" Queens Chronicle Feb 06 2020
"DOE still hasn't fully implemented anti-bullying system, court papers say" NY Post Feb 07, 2020
"Save our city: the top threat to New York's schools comes from within" NY Post Feb 10, 2020
"Carranza builds himself big new office in DOE headquarters" NY Post Feb 15 2020
"Upper West Side parents livid over asbestos removal at PS 87" NY Post Feb 15 2020
"Yet another sign Team de Blasio can't be bothered to keep schools safe" NY Post Feb 16, 2020
"Queens students taken to hospital earlier this month were stuck with a needle" NY1 Feb 17 2020 
"Queens student suspended for pricking classmates with needle" NY Post Feb 18 2020
"Former NYC education official charged with sex crimes lied" Chalkbeat Feb 24 2020 

Incompetence: busing // transportation // snowstorms //"glitches" 

"NYC schools chancellor fires top deputy over bus scandal" NY Daily News, September 21, 2018

"City Council committee to hold hearing on school bus fiasco..." NY Daily News October 4, 2018

"NYC school bus horror stories..." NY Daily News October 16, 2018

"Former head of DOE Investigations says he got pushback from higher-ups for more closely vetting school bus drivers" NY Daily News, October 21, 2018

"Special needs student among many stranded for hours on snow-stuck school buses in NYC" NY Post, November 16, 2019

"Parents blame Richard Carranza for poor response to snowstorm" NY Post, November 16, 2018

"Parents livid after school buses with broken A/C left special-ed kids 'loopy'" NY Post, July 27, 2019
"NYC school bus delays and breakdowns increased 73% in four years..." NY Daily News, August 25, 2019
"New Education Dept. data paints less rosy picture of school bus debut on 1st day of classes" NY Daily News, September 6, 2019 
"Even with new GPS, NYC parents still in the dark on school bus delays, locations" NY Daily News, September 11, 2019
"Even with a year to do it, DOE couldn't make school bus GPS work smoothly" NY Post, September 13, 2019
"Demanding answers: why can't parents use GPS to track their kids on NYC school buses" CBS, September 13, 2019
"School bus drivers are wasting $9 million with GPS negligence" NY Post, September 16, 2019
"New York City Department of Education Botched Bus-tracking System, Report Says" Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2019
"Mayor de Blasio pours millions into one of worst-performing school bus companies" NY Daily New, September 18, 2019
"School transportation office needs full audit: Brooklyn pols" NY Daily News, September 20, 2019
"NYC parents fight glitchy DOE website to enroll kids in school admission test" NY Post, October 22, 2019
"Former head of DOE Investigations says he got pushback from higher-ups for more closely vetting school bus drivers" NY Daily News, October 21, 2019
"NYC families frustrated (again) with online portal for applying to middle, high schools" Chalkbeat, October 21, 2019
"Specialized High School Admissions test is this weekend, no one knew where until Tuesday afternoon" Bklyner October 22, 2019
"NYC Schools' translation system 'a hot mess', critics say" NY Daily News, November 19, 2019
"Education Department's phone translation system clogged with long waits, dropped calls: teachers" NY Daily News, November 19, 2019
"Queens councilman leads charge to rebuke DOE over delays implementing GPS bus tracking" QNS, November 21, 2019
"NYC school bus company drop 10-yo with autism at wrong school, neglects to inform parents, says mom" NY Daily News, November 27, 2019
"School bus GPS installment runs late" Queens Chronicle, November 27, 2019
"NYC school buses sweltered at over 100 degrees in July: investigation" NY Daily News, Dec 04, 2020
"Brooklyn twins aren't guaranteed to do to middle school together this year but city is mulling broader changes for siblings" Chalkbeat Dec 10, 2019

Incompetence: attacking parents  

"Schools chief partially apologizes for tweeting 'racism' story" NY Post, April 30, 2018 

"Schools chief tells mom to get anti-bias training..." NY Post, May 8, 2018

"Carranza: parents worried about desegregation should watch their language" NY Post, September 3, 2018

"DOE staffers jeered at specialized high school diversity presentation" NY Post, October 18, 2018

"Parents rip short notice for Brooklyn specialized school diversity forum" NY Post, November 6, 2018

"Team de Blasio really doesn't want to face these angry parents" NY Post, November 9, 2018

"DOE isn't inviting charter school parents to listening tour..." NY Post, January 18, 2019

"Parents say Richard Carranza calls them racist..." NY Post, April 13, 2019 

"Parents step up fight with mayor over elite high school test" Brooklyn Eagle, June 3, 2019

"DOE panel approves diversity policy at raucous Chinatown meeting" NY Post, August 2, 2019

"Queens parents say there were abruptly cut out of meeting with schools chancellor" Queens Daily Eagle, August 8, 2019

"Protester claims hit by Carranza's DOE car, pressing charges..." Queens Chronicle, August 9, 2019
"To add insult to injury, Team de Blasio says that if you do not like rapid and chaotic changes, then you must be racist. "Discomfort" is an openly discussed part of Carranza's plan." NY Post, September 2, 2019
"Carranza says gifted, talented schools safe for this year...While Carranza sought to placate parents with kinds currently enrolled in the program, he cautioned that he would tackle the matter squarely in the coming months" NY Post, September 3, 2019
"When the Culture War comes for the kids... Carranza has answered critics of the diversity initiative by calling them out for racism" The Atlantic October 2019 issue
"Get on board or be called a 'bigot': dilemma facing parents against Carranza's 'Diversity'" NY Post Sept 17, 2019
"Carranza accused of 'pitting parents against each other' along racial lines" NY Post, September 30, 2019
"DOE tells outraged parents closing school gyms for voting is 'civics lesson'" NY Post October 24, 2019
"Parents slam early-vote invasion at NYC schools" NY Post, October 31, 2019
"City parents lobby de Blasio to save gifted programs in schools" NY Post November 4, 2019
"Amid infighting, Chancellor Carranza has stopped attending his own parent advisory group" Chalkbeat, November 14, 2019
"Carranza tells state Legilature 'get out of the way' on admissions" Politico, November 19, 2019
"Group backing specialized high school exams calls Richard Carranza 'thin skinned'" NY Post, November 20, 2019
"Carranza keeps treating his minority critics like the're un-persons" NY Post, November 20, 2019
"Queens parents bristle at school district's path to diversity plan" The City, Dec 05, 2019
"Queens parents rage after being barred from school diversity meeting" NY Post Dec 06 2019
"Queens pols rip City's handling of school integration process" Patch, Dec 12, 2019

"Queens parents say DOE is keeping them in the dark on diversity plan" NY Post, Dec 19 2019 
"Parents petition to get diversity names" Queens Chronicle Dec 19, 2019
"Queens parents demand a say in city's plan to diversify school district" CBS New York, Jan 02, 2020 
"Outraged parents at diversity forum" Queens Chronicle Jan 10 2019
"Queens mom slams Carranza for bolting out of town hall" NY Post, Jan 17, 2020
"DOE chancellor jeered off stage at town hall" NY Post, Jan 17, 2020 
"Bayside parents blast Carranza over school sex assault and other woes" QNS Jan 17, 2020
"Carranza slams 'grandstanding' at meeting, further infuriating Queens parents" NY Post, Jan 18, 2020
"CEC 26 criticizes Carranza for failing to properly address the 'safety of our children' at Bayside town hall" QNS, Jan 20, 2020
"Angry D26 parents drive out Carranza" Queens Chronicle, Jan 23, 2020
"NYC schools chancellor blames everybody but himself after ditching Queens meeting" NY Post Jan 28 2020
"Carranza blames outside 'agitators' in part for raucous town hall" Politico Jan 28 2020
"Carranza spars with Queens congresswoman on Twitter:'No more politics'" NY Post, Jan 29 2020
"Richard Carranza's rough new year" City & State Jan 29 2020
"Northeast Queens leaders rip Carranza over claim of 'setup' at heated Bayside meeting" QNS Jan 29 2020
"Carranza remains silent after fiasco" Queens Chronicle Jan 31 2020
"Schools chancellor apologizes to parents of alleged assault victims" Gothamist Jan 31, 2020
"N.Y. schools chief Richard Carranza can't quit calling parents 'racists'" Reason Jan 31, 2020
"Chancellor picks new battles before making a belated apology" The Chief Leader, Feb 03, 2020 
"DOE revamps Queens diversity plan after parents demand transparency" NY Post Feb 19 2020
"De Blasio's education blind spot: parental choice" NY Daily News Feb 19 2020
"De Blasio booed, heckled at contentious Queens town hall" NY Post Feb 20 2020 
"Facing backlash, School District 28 integration plan extended 6 months" Forest Hills Post Feb 21 2020

Incompetence: charter, religious and private school attacks 

"Carranza calls out Brooklyn yeshivas for blocking DOE inspectors" NY Post, December 28, 2019

"NYC schools chancellor fires warning shot at charter schools" NY Post, January 24, 2019
"Thousands rally in support of more space for charter schools" NY1, September 26, 2019
"The numbers expose Team De Blasio's 'no room' lies" NY Post October 28 2019
"Parents outraged that DOE might oversee NYC private schools" NY Post November 2, 2019
"Brooklyn charter students lose chance to study at Google because of budget crunch" NY Post November 3, 2019
"De Blasio must stop thwarting students' Success...led by divisive and dismissive Chancellor Richard Carranza" Queens Chronicle, November 14, 2019
"More children de Blasio's Department of Education is poised to fail" NY Post, Feb 11, 2020
"Carranza, show some respect" Queens Chronicle Feb 13, 2020

Incompetence: officials' calls for investigations and resignation

"City Council members pen letter calling for firing Carranza" NY1 June 16, 2019

"Three Brooklyn lawmakers want a new, less 'divisive' schools chancellor" Brooklyn Eagle, June 17, 2019

"Lawmaker calls for ethics probe of aide to Richard Carranza" NY Post, June 19, 2019

"The resignation letter schools chief Carranza should write" Queens Chronicle, Jan 23, 2020 

"Flipping off rightly-angry parents should be the last straw for Richard Carranza" NY Post, Jan 27, 2020 

Corruption: grade fraud

"Brooklyn principal admits she promoted unqualified students" Brooklyn Eagle, July 2, 2018

"More than 100 NYC schools using controversial 'credit recovery' to boost grad rates" NY Post, December 8, 2018

"Black, Hispanic students still struggling despite rising graduation rates" NY Post, February 2, 2019

"...Over 80% of black 7th graders in NYC fail to receive an adequate math education..." NY School Talk, April 1, 2019

"Mathgate: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio caught in massive grade fraud scandal" Spectator, May 1, 2019

"NYC spends double the national average on education, has little to show for it" NY Post May 21, 2019

"Critics cry 'grade inflation' at NYC schools as students pass without meeting standards" NY Post, June 29, 2019

"Queens principal who passed kids through bogus online classes finally ousted" NY Post, August 14, 2019
"Over half of NYC kids can't handle basic English, math on state tests" NY Post, August 22, 2019 

"Teachers reveal top high school's secret to high pass rates: cheating" NY Post, September 14, 2019

"DA reviewing grade-fix allegations at Maspeth High School" NY Post, September 16, 2019

"I was always stones, drunk and skipping class- so they let me graduate early: Maspeth alum" NY Post, September 21, 2019

"Maspeth cheating expose opens floodgates for other examples of academic fraud" NY Post, September 21, 2019

"I quit Maspeth HS because I didn't want to be complicit in corruption: teacher" NY Post, September 28, 2019

"Mayor de Blasio knew of Maspeth HS alleged grade-fixing but failed to act: Queens councilman" NY Post, September 28, 2019

"NYC students can graduate without attending school in absence policy loophole" NY Post October 19. 2019

"Anatomy of the city's rampant educational fraud" NY Post October 21, 2019

"Queens lawmaker calls for federal probe of grade fraud in NYC schools" NY Post November 9, 2019

"Queens council member says grade fraud is rampant in NYC" WCBS 880 November 11, 2019

"City blocked investigations of de Blasio, Richard Carranza: whistleblowers" NY Post, November 23, 2019

"City investigators probed only 11 of 880 academic fraud complaints in the last few years" NY Post, November 23, 2019

"NYC schools watchdog to face public inquiry following whistleblower complaint" NY Post, November 30, 2019

"Over 140 NYC schools have grades with 90 percent state exam failure rate" NY Post Dec 17, 2019

"Student at failing East Harlem school says teachers just don't care any more" NY Post, Dec 17, 2019

"Fixing these utterly failed NYC schools should be Carranza's main agenda" NY Post, Dec 18, 2019

"Councilman: City Hall wants to nix standardized testing to hide school failures" NY Post, Dec 18, 2019

"DOE probe finds only 2 of 28 yeshivas provide basic secular education" NY Post, Dec 19, 2019

"Queens middle school teachers bemoan proposed policy that would require them to accept late work without penalty" NY Daily News, Dec 19, 2019

"Bill de Blasio blasted as 'corrupt' for delaying yeshiva report" NY Post, Dec 23, 2019

"Education Report's delay had political root" The Chief, Dec 23, 2019

"FBI probes 'deep-rooted' academic fraud in NYC public schools" NY Post, Jan 25, 2020
"Maspeth High School dean who allegedly helped kids cheat is removed" NY Post, Jan 25, 2020
"City official investigating allegations of grade fraud against NYC DOE" PIX11 Jan 27, 2020
"Teachers say Brooklyn principal cheated by handing out exam questions in advance" NY Post, Feb 15, 2020

Corruption: vendor/contractor situations 

"Reeks of corruption..." NY Post, July 13, 2019

"City is wasting millions building schools it doesn't need" NY Post, July 13, 2019
"NYC schools watchdog to face public inquiry following whistleblower complaint" NY Post, November 30, 2019

Corruption: waiving rules to hire cronies, blowing taxpayer resources

"Education officials 'recklessly' spent funds on lavish vacations: audit" NY Post, November 28, 2019

"School superintendent celebrated promotion with 'extravagant' gala" NY Post June 1, 2019

"Richard Carranza accused of waiving rules to give pals high-paying jobs" NY Post, June 8, 2019

"Richard Carranza slams allegations of cronyism as racist" NY Post, June 10, 2019

"DOE's Carranza hires Disney exec as 'chief experience officer'" NY Post, June 15, 2019

"Salaries gone wild..." NY Post, August 17, 2019
"DOE squanders $100M per year keeping excess teacher on the payroll" NY Post, October 19, 2019
"Only 6% of NYC teachers accused of misconduct get fired" NY Post November 2, 2019
"NYC pays 'rubber room; teacher $1.7 m over 20 years after sex abuse claims" NY Post, November 2, 2019
"NYC schools watchdog to face public inquiry following whistleblower complaint" NY Post, November 30, 2019
"Schools watchdog allegedly dropped complaint of Carranza appointee's lavish party" NY Post Dec 07 2019

"ThriveNYC school 'consultants' are a $10M waste of time, say teachers" NY Post Dec 14 2019
"In 2018, the comptroller's office found that 93 percent of executive travel expenses did not comply with the department's Standard Operating Procedures Manual" QNS Dec 16 2019
"Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer wants details on new social workers" NY Daily News Jan 03, 2020

"Richard Carranza builds himself a big new office in DOE HQ" NY Post Feb 15 2020 
"Richard Carranza's new Tweed Courthouse office is fit for a king" NY Post Feb 23 2020

Racism: anti-Asian bias/lawsuits

"Asian groups see bias in plans to diversity New York's elite schools" NY Times, June 5, 2018

"Asians call NYC Chancellor's Specialized High School remarks divisive, disrespectful" Brooklyn Eagle, June 11, 2018

"Asian-American Civil rights groups, parents sue over school diversification plan" NY Post, December 13, 2018

"De Blasio's attempt to reduct the number of Asian-American students in the Discovery Program is unconstitutional" Pacific Legal Foundation, December 15, 2018

"De Blasio sees too many Asians" Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2018

"Despite diversity efforts, Asian students still lead elite enrollment: DOE" NY Post, April 20, 2019

"Teachers allegedly told to favor black students in 'racial equity' training" NY Post, May 25, 2019

"DOE-sponsored group said Asians benefit from white privilege: parent" NY Post, May 26, 2019

"Exploiting kids to push racial division..." NY Post June 3, 2019

"Obsessed, with race, Richard Carranza has foisted an empirically baseless and socially destructive program on city schools" City Journal, June 3, 2019
"Protesters demand resignation of NYC school board member who called Asians 'yellow folks'" NY Post, November 13, 2019
"Brooklyn lawmaker condemns parent leader for anti-Asian slur" NY Daily News, November 14, 2019
"Chancellor still not commenting after school board member uses racial slur" CBS2, November 14, 2019
"Asian protesters temporarily barred from Carranza town hall" NY Post Feb 05 2020
"State Sen. John Liu clashes with Richard Carranza over DOE treatment of Asian New Yorkers" NY Post Feb 11 2020
"DOE wants to move Carranza town hall meeting from Chinatown to Chelsea" NY Post Feb 13 2020

Racism: calls for resignation

"Richard Carranza's racial arson" Chinese American Citizen Council of Greater New York in NYP June 24, 2019

"Asian parents call for Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza's firing" NY Post, June 26, 2019
"Protesters call for NYC Schools Chancellor to be fired" FOX 5 NY, Jan 16, 2020 

Racism: anti-white bias/lawsuits 

"Richard Carranza keeps broadcasting his racial animus" City Journal, September 19, 2018

"Bombshell lawsuit... 'toxic' whiteness purge" NY Post, May 28, 2019

Illegal teacher job posting NY Post, June 3, 2019

"City probe targets 'discriminatory' DOE emails and tweets" NY Post, July 20, 2019
"Carranza reportedly pushed aside longtime superintendent for being 'white'" NY Post, August 24, 2019
"Fourth white DOE executive sues over racial discrimination" NY Post, October 08, 2019

BONUS: track record of failures before NYC

"NYC knew about discrimination lawsuits involving Carranza..." Chalkbeat, March 8, 2018

"Now settled lawsuit claimed Carranza derailed San Francisco educator's career" Houston Chronicle, March 8, 2018

Why did San Francisco Schools stop teaching algebra in middle school? Priceonomics, June 20, 2016

"Black students taking calculus in HS halved" DOECorruption, August 13, 2019

"Carranza bails on Houston. Good luck, New York City: after 18 months on the job our lame-duck HISD superintendent leaves behind a legacy of chaos" Houston Chronicle March 06 2018

NAACP calls for ‘state of emergency’ to close achievement gap in SF schools SF Chronicle, Nov 25, 2017

This is how Houston ISD's collapse played out (state take-over) KTRK-TV 

"The state will take over Houston's Independent School District" - NPR, November 22, 2019