fowlerbird @fowlerbird
Librarian, data nerd, girl scout, birder, views expressed are my own Houston Texas Joined June 2007-
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1/n Cy-Fair ISD board votes to remove chapters teaching vaccines from textbooks. My view: the reason we need to care about this is because antivaccine activism has become a deadly force here in Texas. My estimate: 40,000 needless deaths in 2021-22. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
Our latest mural, "Books and Freedom," reminds us of the ever-present attacks on books, libraries, and school curriculums. We must do everything in our power to uplift our libraries and protect the right to read.
“Millions of Texas public school dollars are being diverted out of state…The man believed to be responsible, HISD Superintendent Mike Miles.” m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
The allegations here are significant: did Mike Miles' charter chain illegally transfer Texas tax dollars to Colorado schools? Neither Miles nor TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, who appointed Miles as Houston ISD superintendent after absolving the elected board, had any comment.
While Texas schools struggle with a huge budget deficits, @SpectrumNews1TX has discovered that millions of Texas education tax dollars are being diverted out of state to the series of charter schools founded by #HISD’s state appointed Supt. Mike Miles.
Principal turnover rate in HISD this school year is 40%. 116 principals at 111 schools. This is unacceptable. #NoTrustNoBond #MilesToGo CC: @GHPartnership, @GregAbbott_TX
As a leader…..
A statement from WKCR’s Executive Board
New additions to the doc: Fort Bend & Midlothian ISD! Fort Bend is a monster, y’all. I’ll have a thread up tomorrow (too tired tonight), but please check these out. Key races for May.
And ... It's up! The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the May 2024 School Board elections is live. I've started with 9 districts, including North East ISD, Eanes, Keller, Katy, GCISD. Please use this to organize & mobilize--and check back! More will be added! docs.google.com/document/d/13V…
When we say they’re coming for the birth control pill, this is what we mean
Wisconsin State Rep. Chuck Wichgers (R-Muskego), speaking against access to contraception, says it leads to infidelity, men devaluing women, women thinking they're better than nature and the "proliferation of STDs." @HeartlandSignal (2023)
This guy has filed over 3,500 lawsuits to keep from paying people what he promised to pay them.
Today in #TrumpCovidHistory.
Four years ago today -- on April 6, 2020 -- Trump held one of his covid trainwreck news conferences and prevented his top public health official from correcting misinformation he was spreading about supposed miracle cures 🧵 x.com/atrupar/status…
Alabama just passed a bathroom ban for transgender adults in colleges and universities. It was never about "the children," and always about absolute exclusion from public life. SB129 also bans "divisive concepts" and "DEI" in colleges. Horrifying bill.
There's been a lot going on, so you might've missed it, but there is no longer a City Council committee exclusively focused on transportation and infrastructure. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…
School libraries help students read & succeed, but Houston ISD is closing them at 135+ campuses, almost all in underserved neighborhoods where kids need books and tech most. TX: we can do better. #morethanbooks @TxASL @teainfo @TXLA @TeamHISD @sljournal @GoodReasonHou #libraries
14/n in my opinion the best way to reduce the likelihood that you will infect your friends, colleagues, family is to keep up with your boosters/annual immunizations. For that reason I would have recommended this past week that everyone receive another XBB not just those over 65
Guys, it's happening. In the dead of night. On a Friday so the news doesn't cover it. He's going to wipe out all the infrastructure improvements one project at a time.
They don't have reliable data because MOST SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE LIBRARIANS to track the data! This is intentional. Take away the professionals who are trained to analyze data and also restrict them from seeing what anyone else is doing. Can parents PLEASE start calling him out?!
If you've wondered why I haven't published an article looking at how Supt. Miles' elimination of dozens of librarians has impacted students' use of library books, today's story is for you. In short, HISD says there's no accurate data. Read here: houstonlanding.org/hisd-librarian…
Sharing on behalf of #HISD students, educators, and parents who had to experience this. TEA Commissioner Mike Morath and the culture that his appointed Supt. Mike Miles has created is not what students and educators deserve.
Libraries in 85 HISD schools, most in high-poverty areas, are now "TEAM Centers" with desks & a screen. If some books are on perimeter shelves, no staff remain to care for them, help students, or order new print/digital materials. 32 more libraries will close next year. #txlege
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