Schools are feeding students and families, offering distance learning, providing emotional and social support, and looking out for our communities. They should not have to be worried about STAAR and school accountability too. Read more

We ask that the governor and the Texas Education Agency learn lessons from the Coronavirus pandemic to focus on the whole child including paid sick leave, wraparound services, health care, and ensuring that homeless students have a roof over their heads, not just a place to sleep at night. Read more

Public education is the cornerstone of our great democracy. Let us -together- demand strong schools for all children in every neighborhood regardless of zip code. Read more

Rally Against State Takeover at the Governor's mansion in Austin on March 16 Read more

Read Domingo Morel's "The made-up crisis behind the state takeover of Houston’s public schools Read more

Diane Ravitch writes on her blog- The public schools of Houston are going to be taken over by the incompetent State Education Department, which has never run a school district of any size and which has failed in its previous takeover efforts. Read more

Recently, the Houston Chronicle editorial board used misleading facts and misrepresentation to misinform its readers...    Read more

When states take over school districts, they say it’s about academics. This political scientist says it’s about race and power. Read more

In times like these, people must unite together and work to improve the conditions in which we live, work, and learn. We must prepare for a protracted battle against those who would takeover our schools, harm our students, use test scores to fire teachers and close neighborhood schools.  Read more

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) release of their "final" HISD investigation, less than one week before the election, is a Trumpian attempt to cancel our votes and harm our students. It is outrageous that a commissioner-appointed board has more legitimacy than an ELECTED one.  Read more