Students at dozens of Houston ISD schools will return in a few weeks without librarians and to former libraries that have been converted into disciplinary spaces.

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[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently this guy is going to have a cage match with Houston's mayor. He's also basically the worst candidate for a superintendent of public schools ever- he owns a charter school company. Not "started and divested"- no, the corrupt Greg Abbott state government didn't consider it a conflict of interest, it's a qualification!

Republicans everywhere are trying to ruin public education, and they're making great strides in single party dictatorships like Florida and Texas. We need solidarity with public school kids the South.

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Calling him a candidate implies democracy, but the superintendent was appointed by the governor with no input from the people of Houston. The move to turn libraries into juvenile detention centers seems to me like an attempt to persecute the children of his political opposition.