Miami-Dade Superintendent Albertp Carvalho is set to lead the second-largest public school district in the country. “I still feel this journey is a fairytale." “My world changed when I became a teacher,” Carvalho said. On his way to Thursday’s news conference, Carvalho said he drove through a Miami neighborhood where he had been homeless 30 years ago. “I am the poor kid from Portugal whose first job in this country was as a dishwasher, second job was as a day laborer,” Carvalho said. He moved first to New York City and then to Miami. He came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant, he said. Like many students in Los Angeles and Miami-Dade, both large, urban districts, Carvalho grew up in poverty. He also has served as the principal of the iPrep Academy while helping Miami-Dade achieve an A grade on the state's accountability system.Ĭarvalho is credited with improving graduation rates and academic performance at Miami-Dade, the country’s fourth-largest K-12 public school district. He oversaw federal programs and was the district's chief communication officer before becoming superintendent. The 57-year-old Carvalho has turned down similar offers before, including in 2018 when he agreed to take the job in New York City at the largest district in the country before later backing out and staying in South Florida.Ĭarvalho has been Miami-Dade's superintendent since 2008, following a career as a teacher and later assistant principal. The Pandemic Effect On Education: A Special Report
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