[en español clic aquí] A longtime principal friend said if you do something that helps kids and helps the school ratings, do that thing. But if it helps the rating and harms kids, do not do that thing.   Read more

CVPE members voted on Saturday to endorse candidates for the November 3rd ballot in contested races. Read more

School has started. This week, we’re calling on you to speak up at Thursday’s HISD Board of Managers meeting. and we’re sharing our CVPE candidate endorsements, including our recommendation for Saturday’s precinct-chair vote for the open SBOE seat.  Read more

[en español clic aquí] Dan Dawer and Ruth Kravetz wrote an op-ed for The Texas Observer about how Mike Miles has inflated school ratings by systematically holding back students and limiting opportunities for thousands of Houston children, especially students in Black and Latino communities.   Read more

How do good educators and school leaders go to bed at night without shame? Here is the rule they live by. If it helps the child and also improves the school's rating, do it. But if it boosts the rating while hurting the child, don't do it. That's the rule to live by. Children must always come before data. Every time Read more

[en español clic aquí] Parents and students deserve more than a snake oil salesman like Mike Miles.  No more data games. Put students first.   Read more

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Mike Miles is making the podcast rounds this summer, claiming credit for what he calls the transformation of HISD. He points to rising scores as proof of success and claims they are the result of ending a culture of low expectations. 

We know better. Miles has manipulated who gets tested to inflate ratings. Our kids are not data points and our schools are more than ratings.

 

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[en español clic aquí] How much trust has Mike Miles earned when it comes to students with disabilities? This is the same superintendent whose administration planned to move roughly 5,000 students in self-contained special education classrooms to different campuses without notifying their families. Parents learned about the plan in May only because it was leaked to the media. That’s not democracy. Read more

[en español clic aquí] Saturday is Independence Day, a day to celebrate democracy and the freedoms we share.  But we live in strange times.  The State Board of Education (SBOE) voted last week to add Bible stories to the required reading lists for Texas schoolchildren.  “Even if Texas parents opt their children out of instruction, those students could still be tested on it.”   Read more

[en español clic aquí] Thank you for joining us for the 2026 Summer Forum as we came together to protect public education. It was an unforgettable day of learning and purpose-building. Read more