Tonight, Mike Miles hosts HISD’s Teacher of the Year banquet at Hilton Americas. He’s turned it into a test-score showcase and is crossing the picket line of striking hotel workers, many of whom are HISD parents.
Why attack teachers and families instead of working with them?
Stand with teachers and families tonight. Join the picket line 6–7:30 pm at Hilton Americas (1600 Lamar), or park at HFT and leave by caravan at 5:30 pm.
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Also this week, two Houston Chronicle articles expose the real damage of Mike Miles’ takeover of HISD: 📖 “Tears, tests and scant support: Why this HISD kindergarten teacher left” “The strict regime of quizzes, slide decks, and timer-controlled lessons—it all seemed more like a military boot camp than a kindergarten...I realized this wasn’t teaching anymore. It was test prep. Read here: Houston Chronicle Article 📖 “I’m fighting to fix HISD. Mike Miles calls parents like me ‘extreme.’” “There is nothing extreme about questioning a public servant who has made sweeping, seemingly arbitrary changes to HISD." Read here: Houston Chronicle Opinion Parents, teachers, students, and community members are speaking out. Together, we must keep raising our voices until Houston’s schools are places where children truly learn and grow, not factories turning kids into robots. |
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