Hope is not wishful thinking. It is seeing the truth clearly and choosing to act anyway. That is why we use every tool we have to fight this harmful takeover and change what is happening to our kids. Speak at the HISD Board Meeting on Thursday. 

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[en español clic aquí] Miles plans to move magnet and Career and Technology (CTE) programs from every high school within a 30-minute drive to Barbara Jordan CTE Center. Read more

[en español clic aquí] Dear friends, CVPE moves into the new year grounded in freedom-dreaming. We believe that schools should be both academically strong AND deeply human. Read more

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The latest bad idea coming from Miles is to close magnet and CTE programs at almost every high school within a thirty-minute drive from Barbara Jordan Career Center.

What began as a plan targeting Kashmere, Northside, and Heights has now expanded to Furr, Mickey Leland, North Forest, Sam Houston, and Waltrip High Schools. Many of these campuses, already gutted after becoming NES, lost fine arts, clubs, tutoring, and staff and are now being asked to give up even more in the name of “progress,” as defined by “Commander” Mike Miles.

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[en español clic aquí]Man, oh man. This December board agenda and everything Miles touches is a purposeful effort to dismantle democratic protections at every level. December surprise does not begin to cover it. Read more

[en espanol clic] Community Voices for Public Education is closing out 2025 by organizing, strategizing, and building joyful resistance. Join us at our December events as we prepare for a strong 2026 to ensure schools are joyful places where children become lifelong learners. Read more

[en espanol clic] Mike Miles is now pushing seven A-rated HISD high schools into SB 1882 partnerships, introduced secretly in "opt in- or else" secret meetings with principals and acknowledged only after parents, teachers, and the media found out. He’s selling 1882 as “more autonomy” and “more funding,” but that’s not how these deals work. Under 1882, Miles decides what services campuses must buy from the district. And because schools lose economies of scale, the extra 1882 dollars can get eaten up by hidden costs — compliance staffing, legal requirements, and district service fees. In the end, schools gain neither real autonomy nor meaningful funding. With Miles’s record of broken promises, this isn’t a gift — it’s a takeover in disguise. Read more

[en español clic aqui] Governor Abbott kicked off his reelection on Sunday by promoting a referendum to abolish school property taxes. That’s right; the very taxes that fund the majority of our public schools. Our kids’ education is on the line. Read more

en español clic aqui Congratulations to new HISD Trustees Elect Maria Benzon, Michael McDonough, Felicity Pereyra, and returning Trustee Myrna Guidry. With their win, HISD now has a 6–3 anti-takeover majority ready to stand up to Mike Miles and fight for our students, educators, and communities. Deep gratitude to Dr. Audrey Nath for running a bold, principled race that inspired so many. Read more

en español clic aqui “The truth is simple. The purpose of education should be learning, not leverage. Communities should not have to trade democracy for data or equity for efficiency. Read more