Dad and journalist. Former @HoustonChron @callerdotcom @galvnews @tylerpaper
Houston, TX
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Well, I didn't have THIS on my parenting bingo card: Protesting because an unelected, state-installed school board is allowing successful educators with decades of experience, beloved by their communities, to be thrown out like garbage, including my kid's teacher. (1/4)
Time for a deep dive on the governance of Houston Public Media, what it means for a major metro news org to be governed by the U of H board of regents, and what role the political leadership of Texas plays in decisions that trickle (or flood) down to HPM.
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The State of Texas has successfully dismantled one of the nation’s largest school districts to run an experiment. Losing this many teachers at one time is a tragedy.
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Where are the times @CenterPoint ?!?!? So far you just have a bullshit map on the website.
A Houston ISD principal of the year calls on Superintendent Mike Miles to resign houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
Here’s some Houston ISD kids dismantling their own library. They might be a little young for it, but you’d like to think there’s a copy of Fahrenheit 451 in there.
Former Mike Miles defender: He can’t even read the room.
“I was crushed at a recent event hosted by the Houston Landing … Miles avoided answering thoughtful questions from graduating HISD high school seniors.”
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Elementary school parents aren’t usually rabble-rousers. We’ve got stuff to do, and we like routine. When you get this many of us yelling and picketing at this many schools, it’s time to pay attention.
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HISD and its state-takeover school board just fired its janitors for next year. And guess who is out there right now, on Saturday, picking up the pieces on campus after the Houston storms?
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This is today! Who has questions for Mike Miles? Subscriber exclusive: Join our private Zoom event with HISD Superintendent Mike Miles houstonchronicle.com/about/n… via @houstonchron
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HISD community demands Mike Miles' resignation over investigation into charter school financials houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… via @houstonchron
@TomWJones @Poynter I’m a former Houston Chronicle reporter. Houston Public media just pulled a major project , after promoting it to the public. It is about the state takeover of Houston ISD, arguably the biggest story in Houston for the past year. And the only explanation (1/2)
This is a sorry excuse for an explanation @HoustonPubMedia. You are going to lose the trust of members, including this one, and probably the trust of your own journalists if you can’t be more transparent than this.
Wuuuuuuut? Mike Miles sent Texas public school dollars to his charter schools in Colorado???
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Last week the district gave hundreds of teachers and principals - including the 2023 Principal of the Year - notice of contract non-renewals, essentially asking they resign or be fired, apparently based on a single arbitrary spot evaluation. It was Teacher Appreciation Week (3/4)
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