The Latest Breaking News from Mike Miles

‘It’s Time for a Change’: Dem Behind HISD Takeover Faces Challengers

House Representative Harold Dutton Jr. stands behind the state takeover of the district. Can he survive another reelection after its fallout?

Texas Observer · Feb 20, 2024

‘Go Away TEA,’ Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers

“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”

Texas Observer · Oct 23, 2023

Support for Houston ISD’s Spanish speakers has dwindled under state-appointed leader, parents say

For one reading class, Superintendent Mike Miles said instruction would focus on English, even if it meant risking state funding for dual-language programs. Parents say it goes further than that, adding that their kids are receiving no assistance in Spanish at all.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 3, 2023

These two instructors helped Patrick Cantlay become one of the best on the PGA Tour

Cantlay has proven to be everything his two youth golf instructors envisioned him to be.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 14, 2023

GOP creates a back to school nightmare

The confusion is the point: Educators can't figure out what's allowed, and are forced to give up teaching entirely

Salon · Aug 10, 2023

Texas county moves to restrict ‘explicit’ and ‘objectionable’ books at public libraries

The book ban occurs alongside the closure of dozens of school libraries in the Houston public school district

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Texas school district will eliminate its libraries and turn them into detention centres

‘New education system’ criticised by city leaders for revoking access to libraries

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers

Critics condemn superintendent Mike Miles’s ‘new education system’ that removes students’ access to books

The Guardian - US · Jul 29, 2023

Teachers Strong-Armed to Get on Board with Houston Schools Takeover

Instructors face job losses for failing to sign up for the New Education System.

Texas Observer · Jul 14, 2023

Houston ISD’s state-appointed superintendent will cut over 500 jobs

Mike Miles said the cuts will be mostly from academics-related departments with more positions to be cut in coming weeks, he said.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 8, 2023