{"id":14076,"date":"2025-12-31T11:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=14076"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:06:28","slug":"mamdani-taps-education-pro-kamar-samuels-who-led-school-integration-efforts-in-manhattan-as-nyc-public-schools-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/fr\/articles\/mamdani-taps-education-pro-kamar-samuels-who-led-school-integration-efforts-in-manhattan-as-nyc-public-schools-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani taps education pro Kamar Samuels, who led school integration efforts in Manhattan, as NYC public schools chancellor"},"template":"","class_list":["post-14076","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-general-education"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"Lire l&#039;article","url":"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/education\/kamar-samuels-nyc-public-schools-chancellor\/","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":14078,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong>AMNY\u00a0<\/strong>| Maria Odom, executive director of Advocates for Children in New York, congratulated Samuels and gave her organization\u2019s recommendations for the administration for improving education. 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