@ChronFalkenberg

Senior Columnist @HoustonChron. Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Native Texan. Mom. Newsletter: https://xitter.cf/t.co/etVXYHyroC…

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This is really cool. Thank you to @MelanieLawson13 and the great team at @abc13houston for telling the story of my journey from Seguin,Texas to the @PulitzerPrizes. abc13.com/post/houston-colum…

Houston columnist reflects on moment she earned her 3rd Pulitzer Prize: 'The feeling was relief'

Lisa Falkenberg is now a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, which is a record matched only by renowned writers, including Edward Albee and Carl Sandberg.

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Join me tonight for a discussion about bridging political divides with former state Rep. Sarah Davis, Texas Matters’ Marnie Rulfs, @LWVHouston’s Priscila True and Houston Councilman Julian Ramirez @jrcd98. The Life of the Party: Screening and Discussion eventbrite.com/e/the-life-of…

The Life of the Party: Film Screening and Discussion

A nonpartisan conversation on women, leadership, and politics in Texas.

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A personal one today… Mike Miles’ HISD reforms are hurting my daughter’s school: ‘Mom, I don’t even have an English teacher’ houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

Mike Miles’ HISD reforms are hurting great schools. I watched it happen.

Mike Miles' move-fast-and-break-things approach is not only affecting students at the poorest-performing HISD schools; it's hurting high-performing schools that never needed academic rehab.

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Lee Gilley's escape exposes 'false sense of security' in Harris County's ankle monitoring system houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

Harris County’s ankle monitoring system cannot operate on banker’s hours

Lee Gilley wasn't the first accused murderer to cut his ankle monitor and flee before trial. He won't be the last unless Harris County invests in 24-hour tracking and responses to serious...

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Murderers or grandpas? In Donald Trump’s ICE warrant mess, confusion might be the point houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

Murderers or grandpas? In Trump’s ICE warrant mess, confusion might be the point

Since ICE flooded a national criminal database with civil immigration warrants, police can’t always tell if they’re dealing with someone who’s dangerous or not. 

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For renowned Houston lawyer Mark Lanier, beating Meta and Google was a family affair houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

For this renowned Houston lawyer, beating Meta and Google was a family affair

After winning a $6 million verdict against the social media giants in March, trial lawyer Mark Lanier says it’s not about money: ‘We want to change the world.’

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We’re supposed to be deporting criminals — not people who are giving far more to this country than they are taking. houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…

ICE detention gets colder for beloved HISD soccer captain: 'I'm more afraid'

Mauro Yosueth Henriquez is one of the thousands of students in the U.S. illegally who disappeared from American classrooms in President Trump’s ICE crackdown. 

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Worms in the porridge, despair in their eyes: Why are we still detaining kids at Dilley? houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

Worms in the food, putrid water: Why are kids still being detained in Dilley?

As reports emerge about the horrid conditions inside the Dilley family detention center, it's become clear that the facility is in violation of a legal settlement protecting the rights of...

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Democratic Harris County voters: please read. Ramona Franklin is on your ballot. She has no business near a courtroom. After mounting criticism and mysterious calls, this ousted judge is asking voters for second chance houstonchronicle.com/politic… via @houstonchron

This ousted judge is asking voters for another chance after mounting criticism

For years, Judge Ramona Franklin had a reputation in Houston's legal circles for letting cases lag in court and defendants languish in jail. 

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With brutal tactics and one six-letter word, ICE and Border Patrol have undermined local policing houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

ICE and Border Patrol have undermined local policing with brutal tactics

Increasingly abusive and controversial practices by ICE and Border Patrol are eroding trust that local law enforcement agencies have worked hard to build in their communities post-George Floyd.

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Lisa Falkenberg retweeted
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@ChrisCillizzaFeb 2
I wanted to share a tragedy with you all. And ask you for help. On Saturday night, my college friend Matt Graham, his wife Regan Cole-Graham and their two young boys were riding bikes in Los Angeles. She was struck by a car and killed. She was also 7 months pregnant with their third child -- a little girl. A @gofundme page has been set up for Matt and the kids. I understand that not everyone is in a financial position to donate. But, if you are, please give what you can to my friend who has had his entire life change in the space of the last 2 days. Thank you. -- Chris gofundme.com/f/support-for-r…

Donate to Support for Matt and the Kids After Regan's Tragic Loss, organized by Carter Fondon

Regan Cole-Graham was tragically killed on January 31, 2026 whil… Carter Fondon needs your support for Support for Matt and the Kids After Regan's Tragic Loss

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"Gender and sexuality are, in fact, contemporary moral issues, and students should engage with what Plato...had to say about them...no amount of cherry-picked readings will turn him into Rush Limbaugh." My latest, on Texas A&M, in the Houston Chronicle: houstonchronicle.com/opinion…

I'm an Aggie. I supported Texas' DEI ban. But we've gone too far.

The law was never intended to serve as a tool for purging classroom content or turning individual professors into pariahs.

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“And experts said that they never heard of a public school district giving away its curriculum, developed with district experts and tax-payer resources, for free to another school system.” Great reporting by ⁦@nusaiblah⁩ houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…

Exclusive: Mike Miles helped broker nearly $1M charter school consulting deal

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles helped broker a nearly $1M contract for HISD-style reform at a Texas charter network. Experts say it raises concerns.

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“Anyone can impose mandates, especially with practically a free hand by the state. Only leaders can get others to follow and sustain changes long after the change agent is gone.” Miles’ HISD takeover has major wins — and 1 fatal flaw houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron

Mike Miles’ HISD takeover has major wins — and 1 fatal flaw

Where's the leadership, asks columnist Lisa Falkenberg? HISD superintendent Mike Miles' changes to curriculum, teacher evaluations and pay won't last if teachers and parents don’t believe in them.

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HISD’s takeover superintendent Mike Miles is using an unfinished, unvetted curriculum in virtually all of its 274 campuses. houstonchronicle.com/news/ho….

HISD’s Mike Miles says his curriculum is ‘high quality.’ It's not even vetted.

For the first time, Texas is vetting curricula for quality and paying districts extra to use approved materials. But HISD won't submit Mike Miles' controversial NES curriculum for review.

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Wonderful news! Thank you to the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board for staying on this story. After weeks of heartbreak, a judge answers Maria’s prayers for her son | Editorial houstonchronicle.com/opinion…

After weeks of anguish, a judge answers Maria’s prayers for her son | Editorial

Maria Garcia's son Emmanuel was detained at a federal immigration center. Now a judicial order could answer her prayers, writes the editorial board. 

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Mike Miles says the 'science of reading' justifies limiting books in HISD. Experts say no. houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…

HISD's Miles invokes ‘science of reading’ in limiting books. Experts disagree

The Science of Reading emphasizes phonics but does it support Mike Miles' sidelining libraries and books in HISD schools? I asked literacy experts Maryanne Wolf, Emily Hanford and...

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So proud to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing alongside my former Houston Chronicle team! Congrats @RajMankad117001 @leahbink and @SLSteinmann !
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Have questions for Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath? Sign up to join my live Zoom interview with him tomorrow. events.zoom.us/ev/Avk64nv8AZ…

Meet Mike Morath, head of the Texas Education Agency

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“We're not losing teachers because they don't like change  —  as Mike Miles often claims. We're losing them because they don't like change that hurts kids.  A curriculum that denies actual books to children cannot be healthy, no matter what the test scores purport to say.”
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Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

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Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

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