Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

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HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.

https://apnews.com/article/houston-schools-texas-takeover-eae680bec5fbd3b419c2583fb850d42e?

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The state takeover of Houston public schools is about more than school improvement

When the state of Texas took over Houston’s public school district on March 15, 2023, it made the district one of more than 100 school districts in the nation that have experienced similar state takeovers during the past 30 years.

https://theconversation.com/the-state-takeover-of-houston-public-schools-is-about-more-than-school-improvement-202024?

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Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand

In June, Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath embarked on the largest school takeover in recent history, firing the governing board and the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District after one of its more than 270 schools failed to meet state educational standards for seven consecutive years.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-mike-morath-underperforming-charter-schools-expand?