The state of Texas has taken over the entire Houston Independent School District and put in place its own school board. The decision will have a major impact on more than 200,000 students. Dominic Anthony Walsh: "Our schools should be run by our locally elected school board"
The state of Texas took over Houston’s Independent School District and replaced the superintendent and the elected board. But state takeovers like this rarely make schools better.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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