It has been two years since Republicans in Texas took control of the nation’s eighth-largest school district, and the results are impressive.

In June 2023, following chronic underperformance at specific campuses and governance failures, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) took over the Houston Independent School District (HISD), removing the superintendent and dissolving the district’s elected school board. On the same day, the TEA appointed Mike Miles as superintendent and replaced the elected school board with a state-appointed Board of Managers.

Out of approximately 274 schools in HISD, 121 received D or F ratings in 2023. Still, the trigger was Wheatley High School (WHS), which had received failing accountability ratings for seven consecutive years. It was also unable to meet the state’s special education compliance standards and had several issues with

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