Andres Alonso

School Administrator, Jan, 2008

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An immigrant from Cuba at age 12, Andres Alonso recently assumed the CEO post of the Baltimore City Schools. He previously served as deputy chancellor for teaching and learning in the New York City Public Schools and for 12 years taught special education students and English language learners in Newark, N.J. An attorney with a New York City firm before changing careers, Alonso holds a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a doctorate in education at Harvard, where he participated in the Urban Superintendents Program.