Will New School District Takeovers Follow the Model—and ‘Chaos’—of Houston ISD?

Editor’s Note: This article is co-published with ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control. No state has taken over as many local public school districts as Texas. Just since 2020, the state education agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. Four of […] The post Will New School District Takeovers Follow the Model—and ‘Chaos’—of Houston ISD? appeared first on The Texas Observer.