Archive - Shoots

Defeat of Houston school bond puts Dems, progressives in the same boat with today's Trump victors

One wonders what's really going on beneath the surface.

Nov 6 •

The Houston Teachers' Union campaign against the bond issue is an I.Q. test for democracy.

Tuesday night we learn trhe scores.

Nov 3 •

October 2024

The Bungled Texas Observer story calling Mike Miles a crook calls for a touch of penitence.

Is there such a thing in journalism?

Oct 18 •

Houston Chronicle editorial urging defeat of school bond is straight out of Jonestown

Newspaper says Houston should spite its own children to keep the teachers' unions happy.

Oct 17 •

September 2024

Texas Monthly and Houston Public Media get curiouser and curiouser about the Mike Miles story.

A case of the wrong leading the wrong.

Sep 28 •

Houston school superintendent Mike Miles is not the bull in this particular China shop.

He just doesn't take the bait.

Sep 11 •

Great school news in Dallas, thanks to Mike Miles

Houston needs to think about it.

Sep 8 •

The Trump problem hides bigger trouble in the body politic.

We can't even talk about real issues like school reform until we get this guy off the screen.

Sep 6 •

August 2024

My nomination for villain of the year in Houston -- State Rep. Christina Morales

Don't leave the kids alone with this lady

Aug 30 •

Is successful school reform in Houston an indictment of democracy?

Herodotus didn't take modern urban school districts into account.

Aug 19 •

Texas Monthly Profile leaves out one important person in Houston school reform.

Also muffing the role of the teachers' unions

Aug 17 •

Public education in Texas has the dunce cap on the wrong guy.

School districts want the courts to block their own report cards because they know what those cards are going to say.

Aug 13 •

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