I hope everyone sees this for what it is. Houston ISD, Beaumont ISD, Ft Worth ISD and potentially Austin ISD under state control.
The dismantling of public education couldn’t be more blatant.
All the kids in my class silent read for 20 minutes every day. All of them.
And I read out loud to them for 15 minutes.
Fighting the literacy crisis, one day at a time.
“Sure, a robot can lift 600 pounds much more easily than I can — but that doesn’t much help me if I’m trying to work out. The same goes for the thinking exercise of education.”
Still reading up on the details, but seems like Mamdani managed to do excellent politics & disciplined budgeting to close a massive (inherited!) funding gap -- all without slashing services & while communicating effectively to New Yorkers throughout the process. Pretty good!