New from @josephinelee.bsky.social: Mike Miles’ contract with Houston ISD allowed him to do outside consulting. But contract work as a consultant for Third Future Schools may have violated state law.
Miles canceled the contract after the Observer asked about it.
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.
Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!
🌕 💛
My 19yo daughter desperately wants to be an astronaut but I will never sign the permission slip. This is terrifying.
In 55 years, Houston ISD has grown Kinder HSPVA from the district's first magnet school to one of the nation's top public fine arts campuses.
Starting in the 2026-27 year, HISD will be handing over control of the day-to-day of the school to HSPVA Friends.
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I am just a primary parent, staring at MyChart, begging them to make the printable/downloadable immunization list a main menu item that I do not have to search for every year at camp registration time. Like, one giant red button in the middle of the homepage would be great.
We cancelled Fubo so we are planning on subscribing in the next couple weeks.
Texas state standardized tests do not reflect the diverse ways our schools prepare students for life beyond the classroom.
We need an accountability system that measures student growth and learning through multiple lenses: https://go.ryht.org/morethantests
#MeasureWhatMattersTX #TxEd #TxLege
Wow I don’t know how they decide who has to hand out silver medals to the Canadian women’s hockey team, but that is NOT a fun job.
Am I the only one who has no desire to see an AI-illustrated version of herself?
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
I am so excited, y’all!
Sorry, I’m not as familiar with FWISD and I certainly don’t mean to downplay whatever failures exist. We had/have those too. I’m just worried they are going to send you one of Miles’s right hands. Hoping this goes much better for y’all!
It’s a truly terrible choice. As an HISD parent I will tell you that lots of folks who thought they’d never choose private end up going that route. Even the kids least at risk pay a price in their mental and academic health. The takeover has been much worse than most of us imagined. Godspeed FWISD.
Have you followed what’s happened in Houston very closely? Even our very best schools have lost autonomy and faced record teacher turnover. And now they’re going to convert the top schools to charters because they complained too much about losing autonomy.
I’m so tired. And I know that’s exactly how they want it.
Me, last spring: yay! Both my kids got into their dream schools, and they’re schools that seem to largely avoid the political fray!
Donald Trump: hold my beer!
Mike Miles: No, hold my beer!
Me: 🍺 🍺
Distracting? Isn’t the point to catch drivers’ attention before they blow through the red light at 45mph?
As a frequent Houston pedestrian, I suggest we paint ALL the crosswalks rainbow colors.
It was a good mail day. The book is here! And the cover design may well be the best part.
Things in HISD continue to get worse. The decline in enrollment was steeper than expected, so some schools are seeing painful mid-year budget cuts. I have friends whose kids lost incredible teachers and valuable programs this week. The Houston business community continues to endorse this.
I appreciated that they spelled s-p-e-r-m b-a-n-k for us.
I do not, under any circumstances, want Elon Musk digging a tunnel under my house. He can start with Wesley Hunt’s neighborhood.
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Another vote for Pushing Daisies.
The two great-horned owls who live in the front of campus were out on the same limb this morning, a rare treat.
Two minutes later, the inning is over.
IKR? Crazy that 36 hours ago it was negative. Only minor fever/chills but the razor blade throat is real.
A positive Covid test
My five year streak is broken. Be careful out there, y’all.
This brings back memories. Buddy Bucks were a very important part of our lives for years.
At this rate we are going to lose McCormick to Tommy John surgery.
Daughter leaves in less than 24 hours.
“Mom, if you start to miss me too much and want to be glad I’m leaving, just look in that lunch kit on my desk.”
“How old is the food in it, child?”
“Since my second week working at the museum.”
(That’s two months ago. Still sad about her leaving though.)
Took our daughter to see the Astros one more time before she heads off to Boston and we chose an excellent game because it was both a win and a game to make you swear off baseball for a few years.
