Business Leaders Reiterate Call For State To Intervene in Houston Schools
In a visit to Houston, the state’s education chief called for Texas schools to deliver more fully on the promise of public education, but he stopped short of talking about a state takeover of Houston schools.
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath is widely expected to remove Houston’s elected school board this academic year because of either academic or governance issues. But Morath didn’t reveal any details about that decision when he addressed hundreds of business and education leaders at an event hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership Monday.
That didn’t stop local business leaders from saying what they want to see happen.
“We think the Houston Independent School District’s board’s long-term failure to consistently support all of our schools, all of our kids warrants new leadership at HISD,” said Bob Harvey, president and CE O of the Greater Houston Partnership.
Harvey previously advocated for a state takeover in an editorial published over the summer.
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