Lifesaving aid for softball kids
He came with some baggage, including a $75,000 sex discrimination suit that his former employers at the San Francisco Unified School District settled.
But Carranza has won the admiration of many for his outspoken stance on school segregation, which is extreme in New York, compared with many other cities. He’s also drawn criticism. Last month, he took to Twitter to share a RawStory recap of a raucous Upper West Side school meeting at which white parents spoke out against controversial plans to integrate some of the neighborhood’s middle schools.
“WATCH: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools,” Carranza tweeted with a link to the video, which originally appeared on NY1.
Carranza later apologized for the tweet after de Blasio distanced himself from it on “The Brian Lehrer Show.”
Nearly a third of city schools use admissions screens, and they are widely believed to be a contributing factor in classroom segregation.
Brooklyn College education Prof. David Bloomfield said removing admissions screens would likely lead to more diverse schools.
“It’s a marked departure from de Blasio’s past policies,” Bloomfield said. “There appears to be increasing daylight between the chancellor and the mayor.”
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GIRLS ARE in the game when it comes to lifesaving devices for youth sports teams.
The City Council passed a bill Wednesday to require defibrillators for youth softball leagues, expanding a mandate already in place for baseball teams.
The legislation requires the city to give automated external defibrillators to mostly female softball leagues that play on cityowned land. The AEDs deliver a shock to restart a player’s heart if they go into cardiac arrest after getting hit in the chest with a ball.
“It’s the best chance to survive cardiac arrest,” said Councilman Steve Matteo (R-Staten Island), who sponsored both the softball bill and one passed in 2016 requiring Little League teams that play on city fields to bring a working AED to all games and practices.
The bill, which Mayor de Blasio is expected to sign, will equip 500 teams with defibrillators and training for their coaches on how to use them.