On Tuesday, Governor Abbott came to Houston on his statewide tour to try to dismantle public education. Like PT Barnum, he continued to sell vouchers as an "opportunity" for parents even though the $8,000 voucher is not enough to cover tuition at most private schools and even though his plan would eliminate protections for many families, especially students with disabilities. Vouchers are essentially a discount plan for the wealthy.  Read more

The governor is using children, parents, and religion as pawns to promote an agenda of hate. And he is coming to town to do this. Can you join a protest to stand up for democracy and public education on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 5 pm? RSVP at houstoncvpe.org/events. Read more

Governor Abbott is coming to town on his voucher/ state takeover tour on May 2nd. Can you join a protest to stand up for democracy and public education on Tuesday from 5-7 pm?  Read more

Charter school operators should not be allowed to make money hand over fist by leasing buildings to themselves when the funds are supposed to be spent on educating children.  HB 1707, yet another harmful charter bill, will be on the House floor Thursday, April 27. Here is the one-pager. Can you contact your House member today to oppose HB 1707? Read more

HB900, another censorship bill, passed last Thursday in the Texas House. The votes for this bill included “yes” votes by 12 Democrats.  “Legal experts, librarians and some parents...fear vendors will designate a book as “sexually explicit” or “sexually relevant” because it deals with LGBTQ subject matter."  Read more

The STAAR test is entirely online this year and will once again be used in the aftermath of the pandemic to close schools, takeover districts, shame children and worsen inequalities. Read more

STAAR is used to make children hate learning, take over school districts, narrow the curriculum, close schools mostly in poor Black and Brown neighborhoods, and fire teachers and principals. It has become the only thing that matters in schools. That is wrong. Read more

The petition to oppose the hostile takeover of HISD by the TEA is now available in multiple languages including Spanish,  Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, and Turkish. You can easily access the petition by clicking on these links, or directly from our homepage at houstoncvpe.org. Read more

​​​​Would you be able to speak about the hostile state takeover at the Houston ISD Board meeting at 5 pm on Thursday?  Read more

By CVPE Members Ann McCoy and Jeremy Eugene After an in-depth interview with TEA commissioner, Mike Morath, the Houston Chronicle’s editorial board concluded that his “vision” was “more ambitious than we thought.” However, the commissioner’s ambitions for HISD and its students may be neither in the long-term best interests of students, parents, and teachers. They are also not what voters and taxpayers want.  Read more