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HISD temporarily blocked from using new teacher evaluation system

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This all came up this week. Houston ISD will not be allowed to implement its new teacher evaluation system until mid-September at the earliest after a judge temporarily blocked the policy Thursday morning. A Harris County judge issued a temporary … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HFT, HISD, Houston, Jackie Anderson, lawsuit, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

A couple of thoughts as the HISD school year starts

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron editorial board has them, and so do I. So, in the spirit of the first day, we are setting out three of our own classroom expectations and concerns. We’ll skip the niceties too. Miles needs to control the … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Dallas, DISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, schools, special education, STAAR, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

So what exactly is the role of the Board of Managers?

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

It’s getting hard to tell. Two months into the job, HISD’s new state-appointed school board has largely avoided the limelight since replacing the district’s elected trustees, making few extended comments in public and betraying no animosity within the group. The … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Anne Sung, Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

Special ed is part of the HISD takeover, too

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Just a reminder that fixing special education was also part of the TEA takeover mandate for HISD. How’s that going so far? Well, the parents of the special ed kids say they’re not seeing much of anything as yet. For … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston Special Education Parent Association, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Mike Morath, Office of Special Education Programs, school libraries, special education, Texas, Texas Education Agency, US Department of Education | Comments Off

The bookstores’ view of the book rating lawsuit

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Some useful context from one of the plaintiffs in that lawsuit challenging a new “book rating” law. When Valerie Koehler bought Blue Willow Bookshop, she wanted to offer an expansive selection of children’s books. “We made it our mission to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Legal matters | Tagged American Booksellers Association, Angela Paxton, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Blue Willow Bookshop, BookPeople, Books, censorship, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Election 2024, HD106, Jared Patterson, Keven Ellis, lawsuit, Martha Wong, Mike Morath, SBOE, school libraries, SD08, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, The Lege | Comments Off

More criticism of HISD’s library policies

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This isn’t going away. Prominent Houston political and faith leaders on Monday denounced Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ plan to convert some libraries into discipline centers, adding to the growing chorus of critics opposing the change. Members of Congress, Houston … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Al Green, Board of Managers, Election 2023, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Karla Cisneros, libraries, Mayor, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, New Education System, reading, Sheila Jackson Lee, standardized testing, Sylvester Turner, Texas Association of School Librarians, Texas Education Agency, Texas Library Association | 6 Comments

Mayor Turner criticizes HISD’s library removals

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Of interest. Mayor Sylvester Turner on Wednesday blasted Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ plan to close dozens of school libraries and turn them into discipline rooms, alleging it was targeted at “selected communities.” In an impassioned speech at City Council, … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Election 2023, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mayor, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, New Education System, reading, school libraries, standardized testing, Sylvester Turner, Texas Association of School Librarians, Texas Education Agency | 8 Comments

Booksellers sue over new book rating law

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

These lawsuits, they are starting to pile up. A coalition of Texas bookstores and national bookseller associations filed suit on Tuesday over House Bill 900, which aims to ban sexually explicit material from school libraries. HB 900 passed in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Blue Willow Bookshop, BookPeople, Books, censorship, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Keven Ellis, lawsuit, Martha Wong, Mike Morath, SBOE, school libraries, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, The Lege | 2 Comments

What does Mike Miles have against libraries?

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I do not care for this. Superintendent Mike Miles, appointed in June by the Texas Education Agency to lead Houston ISD, will eliminate librarians and media specialists from the 28 campuses under his New Education System and an additional 57 aligned schools that opted … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Dallas, DISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, libraries, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, New Education System, reading, standardized testing, Texas Association of School Librarians, Texas Education Agency, Texas Library Association | 23 Comments

This is what I mean by building trust

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Not great, HISD. Some Houston ISD teachers at schools in Superintendent Mike Miles’ New Education System were upset Monday morning to wake up to contract offers with lower salaries than what they expected and, in some cases, lower than what they earned before. … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HFT, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

An HISD threefer

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

How much is discretion worth to a school principal? To Jessica Campos, Pugh Elementary School used to feel like a family. The 350-student school that her 10-year-old daughter attends had a tight-knit community with near-constant communication between staff and families, … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Amplify, Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston Education Research Consortium, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, New Education System, phonics, reading, standardized testing, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

Here are your volunteer “NES-aligned” schools

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

See if yours is on the list. Fifty-seven Houston ISD schools will voluntarily take part in Superintendent Mike Miles’ vision for reshaping campuses ahead of schedule, district officials announced Tuesday. The 57 campuses will comprise what Miles has coined the … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, standardized testing, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

You sure you wanna join the NES now?

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Consider your answer carefully. Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles met with dozens of school principals Thursday to walk them through his plans for “wholesale systemic reforms” and offered those who signed up for his New Education System one last chance … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, standardized testing, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

Some schools want in on the Miles Plan

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Not too surprising, all things considered. Over 50 Houston ISD schools voluntarily signed up for Superintendent Mike Miles’ sweeping New Education System, joining the 28 campuses required to be part of the reform program Miles launched his first day in … Continue reading →

The politics of the Board of Managers

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Presenting this mostly without comment. A Houston Landing review of the newly appointed board’s political contributions, public statements and work history suggests the nine members likely will govern from the political center, avoiding education culture wars galvanizing the right and … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Adam Rivon, Angela Flowers, Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, campaign finance reports, Cassandra Bandy, charter schools, Elizabeth Santos, Greg Abbott, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Janette Lindner, Judith Cruz, Michelle Arnold, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Paula Mendoza, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Teach For America, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

The Chron asks the “will what Mike Miles is doing actually work” question

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Join the club. Superintendent Mike Miles has swept into Houston in recent weeks with confident claims that his strategies to overhaul the largest school system in Texas can quickly spur positive results at long-struggling schools. That’s mostly because his agenda … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, charter schools, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, New Education System, standardized testing, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

I still don’t get how Mike Miles is going to do what he says

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s start with the big plans that appointed HISD Superintendent Mike Miles is touting. Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles unveiled a dramatically expanded plan for the district at a Thursday board meeting, announcing 150 schools will see “wholesale systemic reform” … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, budget, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, NAEP, New Education System, schools, STAAR, standardized testing, Terry Grier, Texas Education Agency | 18 Comments

I got those “violated the spirit of the Open Meetings Act” blues

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I’m sorry, I know this makes me a terrible person, but I laughed at this headline. The majority of the parents, teachers and community members who showed up for the Houston ISD board meeting on Thursday night were banned from entering … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency, Texas Open Meetings Act | 2 Comments

An HISD roundup

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

So much news, sometimes all you can do is link ’em up… The HISD Board of Managers had its second meeting on Thursday. It was mostly calm and quiet in the auditorium as new Houston ISD board members listened to a presentation about … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, Bridget Wade, Dani Hernandez, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Judith Cruz, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, schools, Sue Deigaard, Texas Education Agency | 3 Comments

The first Board of Managers meeting

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

It was raucous, and that won’t be the last time. New Superintendent Mike Miles’ interim contract was approved Thursday in a lively inaugural meeting of HISD’s new Board of Managers, over the objections of at least 150 students, parents, teachers and civil rights groups … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Adam Rivon, Angela Flowers, Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, Cassandra Bandy, charter schools, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Janette Lindner, Judith Cruz, Michelle Arnold, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Paula Mendoza, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Texas Education Agency | 7 Comments

We’re starting to hear from the Managers of the Board

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Bits and piece, dribbles and drabs. New Houston ISD board of managers members are pledging to earn families’ trust amid outcry from segments of the community who view board members as little more than rubber stamps for state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles. The public will get … Continue reading →

Miles picks a team

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

He keeps moving, I’m trying to keep up. Newly appointed Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles‘ first cabinet selections include a mix of HISD staff members, former employees of his charter school network, administrators from across Texas and educational analysts. Miles’ … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged ACLU of Texas, Black Voters Matter, Board of Managers, Cassandra Bandy, Community Voices for Public Education, FIEL Houston, HFT, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Houston Education Association, Janette Lindner, Kerri Briggs, LULAC, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, NAACP, schools, Texas Education Agency, Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation | 19 Comments

Superintendent Miles hits the ground running

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

We should expect a lot of this. Mike Miles wasted little time Thursday before imposing major changes to the Houston Independent School District he now oversees, launching a plan to reconstitute 29 struggling campuses that forces employees to reapply for their jobs but … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Adam Rivon, Angela Flowers, Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, Cassandra Bandy, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Janette Lindner, Michelle Arnold, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Paula Mendoza, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Texas Education Agency | 3 Comments

Mike Miles and the Board of Managers

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

It’s official. Former Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles − described as a military-minded leader who pushes reform − is the state’s choice for the new Houston ISD superintendent. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced his long-rumored decision Thursday morning, the … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Adam Rivon, Angela Flowers, Audrey Momanaee, Board of Managers, Cassandra Bandy, charter schools, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Janette Lindner, Michelle Arnold, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Paula Mendoza, Ric Campo, Rolando Martinez, Texas AFT, Texas Education Agency | 2 Comments

Superintendent House’s last day

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

He’s out of there. Houston ISD Superintendent Millard House II is marking his last day in the office as the head of Texas’ largest school system on Friday, according to Mayor Sylvester Turner, nearly a week before the Texas Education … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Millard House, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

The final 227

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Somewhere in here are your Board of Managers. With about a week until the Texas Education Agency plans to appoint a new Houston ISD superintendent and board of managers, the state agency says it is still considering more than 200 … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, schools, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

Meet Mike Miles

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Houston Landing profiles the man who seems poised to be the imposed Superintendent of the taken-over HISD. A hard-charging education leader devoted to shaking up the status quo in struggling school districts appears poised to become the superintendent of Houston … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, charter schools, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sylvester Turner, Texas AFT, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

The last HISD Board of Trustees meeting

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Next up is takeover time. The Texas Education Agency is still aiming to appoint a new Houston ISD superintendent and a board of managers as planned on or around June 1, according to an agency representative. The new leaders will … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Millard House, schools, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

A look at how the TEA trains Board of Managers wannabes

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

From the Observer: Since mid-March this year, when the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced it would be taking over the Houston Independent School District, the state agency has demurred when asked about the district’s future, saying decisions will be made … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged AJ Crabill, Anne Sung, Board of Managers, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Millard House, STAAR, Sylvester Turner, Texas Education Agency | 2 Comments

Does the TEA already have a new Superintendent in mind?

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Mayor Turner thinks so, and wants the TEA to be more up front about its intentions. Pressure is mounting on the Texas Education Agency to name the superintendent who will soon oversee the Houston Independent School District as the nearing takeover prompts growing … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, charter schools, Dallas, Dallas ISD, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Miles, Mike Morath, Millard House, Rick Cruz, Sylvester Turner, Texas Education Agency | 3 Comments

We ask again if the HISD Board should bother doing anything right now

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

I think the answer is still mostly No, but there’s some nuance to that. The Houston Independent School District board met Thursday to discuss potential cuts to the district’s $2.2 billion budget as it faces a growing a growing deficit and a … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, budget, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, Millard House, schools, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

More HISD departures

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Gonna be a very different district when we get it back. Three more senior staff members at Houston ISD are departing their high-ranking posts at the district as the Texas Education Agency prepares to appoint new leaders to govern the … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Denise Watts, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Jeremy Grant-Skinner, Mike Morath, Millard House, Pedro Lopez, Texas Education Agency | Comments Off

First round of cuts for Board of Managers wannabes

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

And then there were two hundred and twenty-five. Fewer than half of the people who applied for the Houston ISD board of managers completed a weekend governance training required to move forward in the application process, according to the Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, demography, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, schools, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

Even more Board of Managers applicants

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe now they have enough. When the Texas Education Agency in June appoints a new superintendent and nine managers to govern the Houston Independent School District, longtime educator and mother Anita Wadhwa hopes there will be someone like her sitting … Continue reading →

Posted in School days | Tagged Board of Managers, Cathy Mincberg, David Mincberg, demography, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Mike Morath, redistricting, schools, Texas Education Agency | 1 Comment

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