Houston ISD parents and students chastised Superintendent Mike Miles during a Thursday board meeting for championing “data over anecdotes” as justification for his sweeping reforms. The critics said…
Read more HISD Students and Parents Challenge Mike Miles on Data Versus Anecdotes – Houston PressHouston ISD Wednesday announced it was exploring a new “Level 5” of autonomy for the best of its high schools which would allow them to set up partnerships…
Read more HISD: Will Some of Its Schools Get to Go Their Own Way? – Houston PressDemetrius Lott has wanted to be a football coach since he was a child. He has a four-year degree in physical education but he’s missing a certificate that…
Read more The Ins and Outs of Texas Increasingly Using Uncertified Teachers – Houston PressWhether you consider Michelle Williams a heroic whistleblower or a tedious extremist, she was due some respect Thursday night as she got up to address the board with…
Read more Column: HISD Terminates a Troublesome (to Them) Union Leader – Houston PressHouston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles improved on his performance rating from last year and is being awarded $173,660 in incentive pay for what he did in the 2024-25…
Read more Superintendent Mike Miles Gets a Bigtime BonusNever let it be said that Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles hesitates about the big stuff, especially when it leads to a crescendo ending at one of his…
Read more Superintendent Miles Pledges: Only A and B-rated Schools in HISD By August 2027If half of the 2,600 teachers who left Houston ISD in June and July were rated in the bottom two proficiency categories by the district is this a…
Read more HISD Keeps Classroom Doors Open, Remains Mum on a 14-year-old’s Death and Builds the Teacher Force it Says it WantsEarlier this week, Houston ISD Superintendent F. Mike Miles released his version of school accountability ratings for all the HISD campuses. These aren’t the official Texas Education Agency…
Read more Op-ed: About those HISD School RatingsHouston ISD has released a few more details, including the child’s name. of the 14-year-old Marshall Middle School student who became ill during gym class last week and…
Read more Few Details Emerge in Case of 14-Year-Old HISD Student Who Died Last WeekAfter Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles asked for a moment of silence to recognize the Marshall Middle School student who died this week after a medical emergency, public…
Read more HISD Board Hears Another Round of Complaints About A/C, Buses, Landscaping, Libraries and the Bond IssueEighty two degrees. When Houston ISD classrooms hit that mark, that’s when the kids inside are moved to another area of a school, Superintendent Mike Miles said Tuesday.…
Read more HISD: Second Day and Counting Temps and Bus RoutesColor coordinated T-shirts, songs, more songs, choreography, marching bands and cheerleaders: Wednesday morning was a pull-out-all-the-stops event at Houston ISD’s Delmar Fieldhouse – a concept as big and…
Read more Unstoppable? HISD Students, Teachers and Superintendent Mike Miles?At a hastily called Zoom meeting Tuesday afternoon, Houston ISD Chief of Public Affairs and Communications Alexandra “Alex” Elizondo answered 15 minutes of questions from the media during…
Read more More on Those Money-Saving New Bus Routes From HISD“This is going to be a hardball situation,” former Texas Rep. Garnet Coleman told Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles and the HISD Board of Managers Thursday night. He…
Read more HISD Board Starts Dissecting a $4.4 Billion Bond Election ProposalLast week, Houston ISD began the process to have Wharton and Helms dual-language schools designated separate and unique campuses and walked back the plans to institute an English-only…
Read more HISD Working to Sort Out Who Can Go to Wharton and HelmsThe attack of the children. That’s how it started Thursday night and it was like watching a sci-fi horror film when some cute little alien buggers suddenly bare…
Read more Even More Disgruntled Speakers Turn Up at Thursday’s HISD MeetingEditor’s Note: Superintendent Mike Miles released this statement Friday morning. “The district wants to clarify prior communication regarding the use of the proficiency screener. The proficiency screener rating…
Read more A Tough Rainy Day for the HISD Superintendent Mike Miles and His Board of Managers [UPDATED]The ESSER funds dealt out by the federal government during the pandemic to prop up public schools are about to be gone leaving Houston ISD and other school…
Read more Tackling the Budget and Why HISD May Not Be Able to Trim Quite as Much as Previously StatedJust because 117 principals were told right before Spring Break they hadn’t met the most basic proficiency standards at their jobs in Houston ISD doesn’t mean they are…
Read more Mike Miles Says Not To Worry (So Much) About Principal Screenings That Have Parents and Principals on EdgeIn a Monday press release that the district was clearly happy to generate, Houston ISD administrators today announced that the majority of their teachers say they are staying…
Read more In HISD , It Looks Like Money Talks as Regards Teacher Retention
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