Mamdani’s Schools Chief Begins Shaping Agenda Around Rigor and Equity NYT Par :Troy Closson 12 janvier 2026 à 09:00 In his first week on the job, Kamar H. Samuels started to sketch out his priorities for leading America’s largest school system. © James Estrin/The New York TimesKamar H. Samuels, the new schools chancellor in New York City, visited several schools during his first week, including Public School 194 in the Bronx, where he once taught sixth-grade math.