I spent the week at UT Austin, where campus is moving on around its students even as some feel stuck in the shadow of the Gaza protests and arrests:

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HISD Superintendent Miles says cuts on the horizon as district must make up $450 million gap houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

STORY: Houston ISD union leaders vote 'no confidence' in Superintendent Mike Miles.

The resolution now heads to Houston Fed of Tchrs membership for a vote.

They'll announce the results next week, Sam Gonzalez Kelly reports.
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TEA is using computers to grade the STAAR test. Just don't call it AI, officials say houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic… via @houstonchron

Houston ISD reports lower SAT, ACT scores during 2022-23 academic year amid statewide decline houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

School librarians sadly seem to becoming extinct: Cy-Fair ISD may eliminate nearly half of its librarians as district tackles $138M budget shortfall houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Klein ISD responds to vocal parents who are concerned about arrests, overcrowding and other issues in the fast-growing district: Says it is 'disgusted' by recent string of teacher arrests: 'One is too many' houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Houston drivers are extra.

Houston drivers are extra.

New from ⁦Skye Seipp⁩: The Travis County Attorney’s Office dropped charges against all 57 pro-Palestine protesters arrested earlier this week at ⁦UT Austin⁩, citing lack of probable cause. Austin Statesman⁩ statesman.com/story/news/loc…

The list of proposals Houston ISD has reversed course on in the past five weeks:
- Using proficiency screenings to fire principals
- Removing stipends for debate coaches
- An English-only track at 2 dual-language schools
- $1-2K retention incentive for certain teachers

Black Men's Wellness Day at UH targets longstanding disparities in health, life expectancy. (Event is this Sat.) houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

The steps are really simple. It's one email to the teacher and principal then one signature on a form that they give you after receiving your email. They will hem and haw about it, but you just do those two steps, and you're done.
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Surprising news: Simone Biles' personal coach, Cecile Landi, is leaving her Houston gym houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron

Some deep reporting here: Klein ISD troubles are earning the attention of Gov. Abbott and causing parent confidence to plummet houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Sad day. HISD backtracks on offering $2K retention incentives to certain teachers due to budget constraints houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Breaking: Texas Southern University regents select James Crawford III as sole finalist for president houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Whoever was streaming for Fox & Austin is being arrested. It is being streamed: youtube.com/watch?v=zDN8GE…

Police arrest several pro-Palestine activists during protest at UT Austin trib.al/1wMFf7z

At UT Austin in response to the Palestine Solidarity Committee’s committee’s plans to occupy the South Lawn: