Fort Worth teachers and students are still struggling after the state’s takeover of the school district, a FWISD teacher told Texas lawmakers during a legislative committee hearing this week.
In testimony to the Texas House Committee on Public Education, Ale Checka, who’s worked at FWISD for 18 years, said both student performance and teacher morale are at low points in the district.
“I drove down here because the literacy house is on fire,” Checka said. “And the funding house is on fire. The kids are not okay, teachers are not okay, we’re not doing great.”…