Miles said he should be held accountable and be fired if the district doesn’t improve academically in the next two years.
Mike Miles, the state-appointed superintendent of Houston ISD, discusses his work at the helm of Texas' largest school district at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2023., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
He presented himself as single-minded in his goal to improve educational outcomes in Houston ISD, saying he’s acting quickly so students don’t lose more time and he can bring back the democratically-elected school board.During the event, Miles said he expects about 70 schools to receive a D or F in the state’s accountability system from an A-F scale, which takes into account state test scores.
“If they don't want to work in that kind of culture, they need to make the decisions that's right for them,” he said.
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