Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD

Is Abbot going to go full DeSantis and start emptying out libraries?

 

I remember learning in 7th grade Texas was a "weak-governor" state because Texans had a strong distrust of central authority and deferred to local control

However, as in the 19th c, this only applies to whites

 

What HISD kids need is more classes on Jim Bowie, a great Texan.

 

my public high school history teacher taught us that Sam Houston was a drunk sandbagger more interested in making money than anything else.

He was/is an amazing teacher and made us interested in History.

 

"Sandbagger"?

 

I'm dismayed that this thread hasn't blown up. The state government just invalidated all our votes for our local leaders and will now come in to "fix" something that they are no more qualified to fix than the folks they threw out. All so they can paint Democrats as incompetent managers to score political points in the next statewide (not local) elections. And apparently Houstonians mostly shrug. I've been looking and looking for the rationale of why I should believe TEA managers would have any more success than the elected HISD board and I'm not finding it. Houstonians should be offended. Republicans seem to identify more strongly as Republicans than they do as Houstonians or else they would be offended. But even the Democratic response is lackluster.

Yeah, he would be intentionally pessimistic in his revenue projections during the budgeting process to make sure he would always hit his bonus targets.

 

TEA managers will remove wokeism out of our education and save the kids who attend HISD from the hideous ideology.

A class dedicated to Jim Bowie mandatory for all male (birth only) students will also be implemented to teach young males what a proper role model looks like.

 

Travesty of Democracy, Travesty of Education, and complete crap.

 

wth

 

As has been noted by a very trusted and reasonable poster several times...the Texas GOP war on local control has been ongoing for about a decade. It's getting ramped up to ludicrous speed now:

Texas Republican lawmakers this legislative session are looking to expand State authority and shrink local control at the city and county level.

House Bill 2127 would keep municipalities from passing or enforcing local rules in several critical areas "unless explicitly authorized by statute."

Authored by State Rep. Dustin Burrows and backed by Gov. Greg Abbott, if HB 2127 is passed, a city or county may no longer be able to adopt or enforce ordinances or orders designed to protect its residents from drought conditions, overgrown lots, dangerous animals, predatory lending businesses, controlled burns and local sporting events. It would also nullify some rules made to protect workers.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/p...rity/269-887b9ea1-eab8-414a-8a7a-c8cebca9b1fc

https://thehill.com/newsletters/sus...lature-could-strip-cities-of-local-authority/

Read 'em both.

 

we need the education that the red rural states offer.

 

This isn't political at all. I'm sure Gov Hot Wheels and the TEA have nothing but the best intentions in taking over one of the largest school districts in the country in a pretty heavily democratic leaning area. Calling it a failing district based on 1 school that has seen improvements definitely calls for the nuclear option to be taken.

 

This looks like a Key and Peele character.

 

Racist White people like their Black people being caricatures.

It's why they chose Hershel Walker also. He knows his place.

 

I feel dumb lol. It’s carpetbagger. I was also without caffeine writing that

 

Something character played by Martin. These cat screams corruption and stupidity.

 

How dumb does your teacher feel?

I'm totally kidding. I knew what term you were going for, but had to **** with you anyway.