{"id":170074,"date":"2026-03-21T04:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170074\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:42:12","slug":"new-york-city-schools-chancellor-kamar-samuels-talks-math-scores-on-up-close-with-bill-ritter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170074\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels talks math scores on Up Close with Bill Ritter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improving math scores is priority number one for the man now leading New York City’s public schools.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Kamar Samuels sat down with Bill Ritter for Up Close, and said it’s no excuse for anyone to say they just don’t have the head for math.<\/p>\n

“When we find it easy to say oh, ‘I’m not a math person. Nobody goes around and says, ‘oh I can’t read. I’ve never been a reader,’ but as a culture, for some reason we’ve accepted this idea to say I’m not a math person,” Samuels said.<\/p>\n

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Samuels said he wants all kids to have the same access to a high-quality education regardless of their immigration status.<\/p>\n

You can watch Bill’s entire interview with Chancellor Samuels on Up Close this Sunday at 11 a.m., and wherever you stream abc7NY.<\/p>\n

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