On Thursday, hundreds of students and parents protested the hostile state takeover of Houston ISD. Watch a one minute video of protests at schools all over HISD here or @houstoncvpe FB, instagram or twitter. Read more

WILL YOU FIGHT THIS HOSTILE TAKEOVER? Can you join a family protest at your school before school on Thursday, April 6th? There are about 30 schools participating and counting. Parents gather with their children in front of the school with teachers. Bring a sign, pass out petition flyers, set up a table with donuts, and talk about the takeover. Sign the petition at houstoncvpe.org. Read more

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) representative shared vague and sometimes false responses to questions at the four community meetings last week and in his interview with the Houston Chronicle editorial board. Here are six of their lies and the myth-busting facts TEA has not shared with the public. Read more

Can you join us this week to fight the takeover? RSVP at houstoncvpe.org/events.  Commissioner Morath has only found time to talk to business leaders and the Chronicle Editorial Board about the takeover. Read the editorial and some takeaways below. Read more

As the Texas Education Agency continues to move forward with its hostile takeover of HISD we are getting glimpses of what lies ahead. Last week the TEA formally launched its recruitment and application process for the Board of Managers with two community meetings that were unmitigated disasters. The Houston Chronicle editorial board asked the question on all of our minds,  If TEA can’t run a meeting, how can they run HISD? Read more

Last night’s TEA community meeting is a warning of what we can expect from the Texas Education Agency’s anti-democratic hostile takeover. TEA said they would only answer written questions about the board of managers process and when parents complained, the TEA cherry-picked the questions to answer. The Kashmere meeting is last and most of the meetings are far away from the schools that are most at risk of closure. Read more

Mike Miles, likely HISD superintendent pick, graduated from the Broad Academy. This is what it’s like to teach at a school that won the Broad Prize. It is tempting to sit back and wait to see what happens when TEA takes over. They will wrap it up in a pretty package and make it look like they are helping our kids learn. But any model that prioritizes test scores and accountability above human beings will end up exactly how my school did. The only way to impose joyless learning is through rigid control, intimidation, and force. [En español aqui]   Read more

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READ: Texas Observer op-ed by CVPE’s Ruth Kravetz: “The State’s Houston ISD Takeover is Unfair, Racist, and Wasteful: Click on the link or read it below. MARCH/RALLY this SATURDAY: At 3pm at Wheatley High School, join the NAACP, LULAC, labor, CVPE and others to protect our schools from state takeover! More info at houstoncvpe.org/events. Read more

Governor Abbot may take over HISD today. First he starves our schools of funding, then he blames our schools. Now he wants to take over our schools. This is about power and profits and not our kids.  Read more