Laura Isensee

Ed Editor @HoustonChron / Previous @CityCastHouston @AdondeMedia @HoustonPubMedia @Columbiajourn @MiamiHerald @Reuters @dallasnews

[Laura Isensee @lauraisensee]

🧵MUST READ from @houstonChron 's @nusaiblah - How @HISDSupe Mike Miles helped arrange a nearly $1 million contract between a TX charter network and a private ed consulting firm. https://t.co/BR7Jp4vMTB Our takeaways 1/6

[Travis Bubenik @travisbubenik]

2 weeks ago the Trump admin got sued under a federal law called the Rivers and Harbors Act over its Big Bend area border wall plan.

Today - the admin waived that law - so it won't have to follow it.

Spotted by @mkcant here at @MarfaRadio: https://t.co/dQhoIw9Nzz

[Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy]

Update: After being fired by UT Austin, KUT GM Debbie Hiott calls for university to relinquish the station's license.

"A community asset as important as KUT should not be in the hands of an institution that doesn't have any sense of accountability."
https://t.co/W0O914oMUM

[Neena Satija @neenareports]

A stunning update to this story today: @KUT general manager @dhiott has been fired by @UTAustin following a dispute over the station's inaugural spring festival.
Here's our story, which will be updated: https://t.co/xfmDB4Y93M
Context here: https://t.co/rfsIOEpOi3

[Megan Menchaca @meganmmenchaca]

Superintendent Mike Miles has drastically reshaped @HoustonISD's classrooms with his comprehensive reform model.

Now, that approach is extending far beyond Houston, influencing how struggling schools are run across the state. via @nusaiblah
https://t.co/QgXlGiRbVz

[Emily Donaldson @EmilyJDonaldson]

Breaking from @lilykepner and @HeathKeri:

Austin ISD is at high risk of a state takeover if any of 3 North Austin middle schools scores an F this year.

Today, TEA rejected a district bid to buy the schools more time to improve.

https://t.co/J95pr8bV36 #txed #txlege

[Megan Menchaca @meganmmenchaca]

From Yates to Heights, 11 @HoustonISD schools are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.

Here's a look at the campuses that have persisted through segregation, school closures, and a century of upheaval. w/@partain_claire + @nusaiblah
https://t.co/yq2uNUfiTd

[Yaffa Fredrick @yaffanyc]

Want to join the largest investigative reporting team in Texas? Now's your chance. I'm hiring an investigative reporter at the @HoustonChron who is ready to dive in, move fast and hold some powerful people to account. https://t.co/5C9vsmHNxb

[Megan Menchaca @meganmmenchaca]

.@HoustonChron just posted openings for two reporting roles !!!

Breaking news reporter:
https://t.co/epaTESMFmN
Local politics reporter: https://t.co/H83pjZKMDA

[Megan Menchaca @meganmmenchaca]

Chris Malloy’s kindergartener was thriving at his @HoustonISD elementary school.

But after seeing more and more experienced teachers leave, he applied for Texas' new private school voucher program.

He's one of eight applicants featured in @houstonchron's latest story.

[Neena Satija @neenareports]

NEW: Absent a biblical rainfall event this summer, Corpus Christi will be the first American city in modern history to run out of water. 💦
Schools & hospitals hope to drill wells. Lawns are dry. How will petrochemical plants handle it? We don’t know.
https://t.co/psk7ZU2Jfa

[Keri Heath @HeathKeri]

Commissioner Mike Morath has led @teainfo and Texas public education for a decade. Much of his policy vision began years before, in volunteering and on the @dallasschools school board. Now, Morath has become a polarizing figure. More w/ @statesman. #txed https://t.co/9s1FFwu8Dn

[Laura Isensee @lauraisensee]

@ashsoebroto @meganmmenchaca @AustinISD Several districts at risk are partnering with @__thirdfuture__ - the charter network @HISDSupe helped start. Inc. Waco, Wichita Falls and Hempstead ISDs. Check out more in our takeover tracker. https://t.co/iSSW6znvc8

[Laura Isensee @lauraisensee]

@HoustonISD has been under a state takeover for almost 3 years. But did you know other districts could see the same sanctions? Check out our state takeover tracker @HoustonChron https://t.co/iSSW6znvc8 1/4

[Laura Isensee @lauraisensee]

@ashsoebroto @meganmmenchaca Take @AustinISD - Their supt said accountability ratings put "important limits" on school closures. Closing a school is 1 of 3 ways to try and avoid a takeover. https://t.co/v1v5dMssNM

[Corbin Bolies @CorbinBolies]

SCOOP: Staffers at McClatchy, the company that owns Pulitzer Prize-winning newsrooms like the Miami Herald and the Sacramento Bee, have revolted against the company's latest AI tool: a "content scaling agent" that repurposes old stories under new headlines.
https://t.co/0O8dI6QeZV

[Laura Isensee @lauraisensee]

@oop_echeng So sorry to hear!!!

[–30– @30newsletter]

The Houston Chronicle needs a state politics reporter https://t.co/OVOObsIWAq

[Evan @evan7257]

Houston airports melting down just as our city hosts:
- CERAWeek
- Two Sweet 16 games
- Opening Day at Daikon
- The Houston Open

The Senate has a bipartisan deal to fund TSA. Trump is saying no.

[Megan Menchaca @meganmmenchaca]

.@HoustonISD has a large high school named after Cesar Chavez. It also plans to observe Chavez-Huerta Day in about two weeks.

HISD says it has no “additional information” on whether any of that will change after sexual abuse allegations against Chavez. https://t.co/lau89ESc9Y