Welcome back for those who still
believe Houston ISD was doing an
adequate job of educating
students and should have been
left alone listen to these two
key numbers fourth grade black
kids reading at 11% proficiency
eleven HSCs kids. The white
students in HISD 60% That's why
miles former army ranger former
diplomat and as of Thursday the
new superintendent of the
miles will lead a controversial
state takeover which includes a
brand new appointed slate of
board members this week miles
told fox twenty six is
Damali Keith that he will
initiated an unprecedented surge
of resources aimed at H. I. S.
D.'s most academically troubled
will be what we call the new
education system schools. There
are primary schools were will
provide it's a level of support
that never seen before. Hello
miles has ordered all teachers
and administrators on roughly
thirty struggling campuses to
reapply for their jobs with the
stated intent of injecting a new
cohort of highly effective
educators all right tomorrow
bill what do you make a Mike
miles I are I want to get this
man a chance I'm not surprised
that the data that he showed I
worked at a job as the my
children with HIV. And in the
neighborhood that I live my
children did not go to the
saw the difference my children
both of my children went to
Lamar high school and I think
that he really needs to get to
the bottom of why you can have
based on where you live.
Carnegie high school for health
professions was it a safe
community that I lived in and
yet they were better than the
local school so I'm looking
forward to him doing what he can
do. To try to get us on balance
our journey has- about happen
this new board reflective of the
student body which is majority
Latino- you're good with that.
What I want to play a foot
tomorrow just pointed out I
think what we see here is we've
got the state coming in with
some. Basically corporate models
and corporate data. And I don't
hear a lot about community
because at the end of the day
for students to thrive it's
family community and then
school. So that's my main
concern is that the push is to
make the schools look good on
paper. But is that really going
to make profound change down the
line but- I'll be honest though
we don't quite know what will
work and what has not worked so.
We are here legally we might as
well try to make this work we
have to keep an eye on everybody
involved in again. We've gotta
do community culture capital so
that families can thrive to
education. And achieve the
American dream like mine my
family had as well. Good
underlying conditions. And some
of these neighborhoods. Bill I
can they be overcome. So I was
on the H. as found a- board
about two. Twenty years I think
something like that. And got to
see a lot of the schools up
close and personal. Can the
schools tend to reflect the
community that their locate.
Yeah now there's some exceptions
to that like the medical- high
school got because kids come
from all over the- city to come
there. But for the most part. If
you look at the schools for
their failing there in.
Communities that have very
serious challenges. Economically
flooding problems infrastructure
problems. So I by admission with
Tony saying I don't know. That
just going in and fixing the
schools and bringing in. Better
governance and all those things.
Is going to help when you've got
kids are coming to school where.
Erin is incarcerated where
there's a serious- substitutions
ability subs abuse in the home
I'm not sure what the schools
can do or solve problems. I
think this is the most serious
and- and perplexing public
policy challenge we have okay
we'll talk a little bit more