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A fact from Anthony J. Alvarado appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Anthony J. Alvarado was named New York City School Chancellor in 1983, the school system's first Hispanic in that post, but was forced to resign in 1984 amid charges of financial improprieties?
After he left NYC, AA was recruited to lead the San Diego schools. For a laudatory description of his controversial time there, see Tilting at Windmills:School Reform, San Diego,and America’s Race to Renew Public Education by Richard Lee Colvin,Harvard Education Press, 2013. Kdammers (talk) 20:57, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
