In his first sit-down interview, the father of a Texas State student fatally shot by a Brazoria County deputy says officials' decision to leave him "in the dark" has worsened his pain.
Mike Miles' move-fast-and-break-things approach is not only affecting students at the poorest-performing HISD schools; it's hurting high-performing schools that never needed academic rehab.
Lee Gilley wasn't the first accused murderer to cut his ankle monitor and flee before trial. He won't be the last unless Harris County invests in 24-hour tracking and responses to serious...
After winning a $6 million verdict against the social media giants in March, trial lawyer Mark Lanier says it’s not about money: ‘We want to change the world.’
Mauro Yosueth Henriquez is one of the thousands of students in the U.S. illegally who disappeared from American classrooms in President Trump’s ICE crackdown.
As reports emerge about the horrid conditions inside the Dilley family detention center, it's become clear that the facility is in violation of a legal settlement protecting the rights of...
Increasingly abusive and controversial practices by ICE and Border Patrol are eroding trust that local law enforcement agencies have worked hard to build in their communities post-George Floyd.
Where's the leadership, asks columnist Lisa Falkenberg? HISD superintendent Mike Miles' changes to curriculum, teacher evaluations and pay won't last if teachers and parents don’t believe in them.
For the first time, Texas is vetting curricula for quality and paying districts extra to use approved materials. But HISD won't submit Mike Miles' controversial NES curriculum for review.
The Science of Reading emphasizes phonics but does it support Mike Miles' sidelining libraries and books in HISD schools? I asked literacy experts Maryanne Wolf, Emily Hanford and...
First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.
Sarah Rios was thrilled to be a teacher at her childhood campus. She wasn't prepared for the conditions that awaited her in Superintendent Mike Miles' HISD.
The former California governor says Trump's plan to rig Texas redistricting maps for Republicans doesn't justify his Democratic successor Gavin Newsom gerrymandering blue seats in retaliation.
Gov. Greg Abbott is suing to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office for leading a Democrat walkout over Trump's redistricting plan. But Texans know who really abandoned us.
Texas Democrats can run from Republicans' gerrymandering, but they can't hide. No walkouts, blue state redistricting or Voting Rights Act protections can thwart Trump's plot to keep the U.S. House.
Texas officials and Hill Country leaders knew the risks of flooding along the Guadalupe. Warnings went unheeded, flood warnings, river gauges and sirens unfunded — and more than 130 Texans died.
Texas Hill Country's Camp Mystic was a refuge until the floods came – one made of water, the other made of lies. Grieving parents face social media rumors, Internet hoaxes and political...
Health Secretary Kennedy cited conflicts of interest in gutting the CDC's advisory panel. Houston's Dr. Julie Boom didn't have conflicts. Only vaccine expertise and a passion for protecting kids.
