Two weeks after Texas took over the Houston school district, newly selected Superintendent Mike Miles announced his plans to overhaul 28 of the district’s lowest performing schools.
He dubbed the group the New Education System, promising to raise teacher pay for certain subjects and create a regimented new curriculum. Over 50 additional schools joined the program voluntarily before the 2023-24 school year started.
Every teacher in those schools had to reapply for their positions. Libraries became discipline centers and classrooms for advanced students. And the school hours were extended to help working parents, with teachers on the hook for before- and afterschool care.
