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Governor Newsom proposes a major overhaul of California's education governance system to improve support, accountability, and policy alignment from early childhood through college by consolidating oversight and strengthening the role of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, addressing long-standing fragmentation and inefficiencies in the system.
A Massachusetts teacher has been placed on leave for conducting a mock slave auction and using a racial slur in a fifth-grade classroom, sparking concerns about how slavery is taught in U.S. schools. The incidents, which occurred at Margaret A. Neary Elementary School, have led to an investigation and calls for reforms in teaching methods to ensure cultural competence and sensitivity.
Houston ISD's new superintendent, Mike Miles, has announced a "New Education System" plan, starting with 29 schools, which includes raising teacher compensation to a record $96,000 a year at those schools. All employees of the Wheatley, Kashmere, and North Forest feeder systems will have to reapply for their jobs this summer, and soon all district employee pay will be tied to student performance. The Texas Education Agency has consistently ranked those three schools as the worst in the district.
HISD Superintendent Mike Miles has announced that 29 schools in the Wheatley, Kashmere, and North Forest high school feeder patterns will be reconstituted as part of his efforts to establish "wholesale systemic reform" in struggling schools. Staff from top to bottom, including principals, teachers, and maintenance staff, will have to reapply for their jobs, which will be open to any qualified applicant. Teachers who are not rehired at their school, or who are not interested in reapplying there, will be placed at a different campus in the district.