The largest school district in Texas is opening a new chapter as it begins the school year
Wanda Mosley, national field director of Black Voters Matter, yells during a community information session about the state takeover of Houston's Independent School District on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Kashmere High School in Houston."Where was the takeover when the grid failed?" she asked. HOUSTON — — The library at Houston’s Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has struggled because of dyslexia.
The new state-installed superintendent, Mike Miles, said his message to teachers and parents is about hope as well as the need for dramatic change. One of Miles’ boldest projects has been a major restructuring of 28 underperforming schools, many of which are located in lower-income neighborhoods. Their teachers must now follow a centrally scripted curriculum, with in-classroom cameras monitoring their performance and pay based largely on standardized test scores.
His most criticized change is transforming libraries at dozens of underperforming schools into “team centers” where students will get extra help and where those who misbehave will be disciplined, watching lessons on Zoom rather than disrupting their classrooms. One veteran secondary teacher who asked that her name not be used for fear of losing their job, told The Associated Press that many of her colleagues are concerned Miles’ system of tightly timed and controlled class instruction will turn teaching into assembly-line work.
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