Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath officially removed Houston ISD’s elected school board and superintendent from power Thursday, replacing them with an appointed governance team and a new district leader, former Dallas Independent School District chief Mike Miles. The long-expected choice of new leaders ushers in an era of dramatic change in Texas’ largest district, which […]
Clare Amari / Staff Writer
Clare Amari covers public safety for the Houston Landing. Clare previously worked as an investigative reporter for The Greenville News in South Carolina, where she reported on police use of force, gender-based violence and sexual abuse allegations at a local cheerleading gym. A native of New York suburbs, Clare graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School and the University of Oxford, and she has received journalism awards for her work in Ohio and South Carolina. In her free time, Clare enjoys watching Premier League soccer, trying new wines, and researching her roots in Sicily and Appalachian Ohio.
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Read our full hour-long interview with Mike Miles, Houston ISD’s new superintendent
This is a full transcript of the Houston Landing’s hour-long interview with Houston ISD’s new superintendent, Mike Miles, as he prepared to assume the district’s top job.
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Meet Mike Miles, the ‘very big disruptor’ floated as Houston ISD’s next superintendent
A hard-charging education leader devoted to shaking up the status quo in struggling school districts appears poised to become the superintendent of Houston ISD. Mike Miles, the former superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District and current CEO of a charter school network, has emerged in recent days as the likely incoming leader of HISD […]