The Houston Federation of Teachers and local leaders voices their opposition to the TEA announcing they will take over Houston ISD.
A state takeover of Houston ISD has been four years in the making and has many local leaders promising to fight back, calling the move politically and even racially motivated. Takeover supporters say it's about time the TEA did more to improve the district and help its kids. FOX 26's Natalie Hee reports after a conference was held with local leaders to discuss their thoughts.
"Educators, parents and the community remain resolutely opposed to this state-sponsored power grab to take over the Houston public schools. As far as I’m concerned, this is a hostile takeover. The state did this without any transparency or making any effort to get input from Houston parents, educators or other community members," said Anderson in a press release from HFT.showing how takeovers don’t improve academic outcomes and actually disrupt kids’ overall progress.
Bishop James Dixon is now calling on all federal levels to investigate. Dixon says he will take every legal action to prevent the takeover from happening in the fall.
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