Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles returned to City Hall on Wednesday, where he was met with jeers while praising the district’s “remarkable academic progress” in remarks to the Houston City Council’s economic development committee.
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Two Durham Elementary teachers were removed from their classrooms and reassigned to “home duty” last week after Houston ISD made controversial curriculum changes at the campus.
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One of the affected teachers, who attended school at the campus as a child, says they were told Durham needed to “protect the culture.” HISD administrators visited the elementary school after parents voiced frustration regarding last-minute changes to this year’s curriculum.
The Houston Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit against Houston ISD for its decision to distribute state-funded teacher raises based on performance rather than experience.
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As Southeast Texas heats up ahead of summer, so have some campuses in Houston ISD.
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Students and parents at Pershing Middle School protested Wednesday in the latest demonstration outside a Houston ISD school where there's been a recent principal change.
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It was the second school protest in two weeks as students and parents at Lantrip Elementary — where there also was a recent principal change with little explanation from the district — demonstrated for many of the same reasons.
The TEA says it found no evidence of wrongdoing by Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles, the Colorado-based charter school network he founded or three Texas school districts they partnered with after investigating alleged financial misconduct.
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Houston ISD's board of managers drilled down on the district's $4.4 billion bond proposal Thursday while being reminded about pressing facilities needs as well as a lack of trust among community members.
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HISD's state-appointed board of managers, which is considering whether to place a state-record bond package on the November ballot, heard a presentation from district administrators as well as feedback from a community advisory committee during Thursday's board meeting.
Brett Shipp, veteran investigative reporter with Spectrum News 1, joined Texas Standard to discuss an investigation involving state-appointed Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles and an apparent transfer of Texas education dollars to schools in Colorado.
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Community members are calling for an investigation into Houston ISD’s state-appointed superintendent and the charter school network he founded based on allegations in a Monday report by Spectrum News. The TEA says it's reviewing the matter.
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Spectrum News’ Brett Shipp reported that Colorado-based Third Future Schools, which Miles founded and led until he was appointed to lead Houston ISD last summer, sent millions in taxpayer money from its school in Odessa to another network school in Colorado that needed financial assistance. The Texas Education Agency says it is reviewing the matter.
A small fraction of Houston ISD’s 11,000 teachers called in sick on Thursday in protest against Mike Miles and his sweeping reforms. The Houston Federation of Teachers is urging union and non-union members alike to not participate.
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It’s unclear exactly how many of the district’s approximately 11,000 teachers are participating, but a press release from organizers claimed “more than 100 teachers from at least 35 campuses” were involved.
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