Miami-Dade School Board members on Monday chose longtime administrator José Dotres to be the new superintendent after the abrupt departure of Alberto Carvalho to the Los Angeles, California, school district. Yeah, it was quick. Carvalho announced in December that he was leaving, for real this time after he changed his mind when New York City […]
Miami-Dade Public Schools’ wildly popular Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said on Thursday, in a very dramatic fashion, that he turned down a job leading New York City’s public school system to stay with the district where he began his career as a physics teacher at Jackson High. Wide speculation Wednesday that Carvalho was taking the School […]
Say it ain’t so, Alberto! Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the charismatic populist leader of the 4th largest school district in the U.S., has been tapped to lead the largest school district in New York City, several news sources reported Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, who was expected to make the […]
The Cortadito Calendar will now be published on Monday to give people time to send Ladra the events they have planned for that week. Please keep sending info on your government meetings, campaign events and political powwows to edevalle@gmail.com so we have a full calendar each and every Monday. This one is our first on a […]
The bromance of a century is over. Here is a “Dear John” letter from soccer star David Beckham to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, intercepted by Ladra before it made it to the 29th floor at County Hall. And I just had to share. Dearest Carlos: When we first met almost two years ago, you filled […]
Even though he was always kind of one foot in, one foot out, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is giving up on his idea of running for Miami-Dade mayor in 2016 or 2020. Or turning in another direction, that is. That’s because he now wants to be named president of the University of Miami. Donna […]