Members of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce are urging residents to support the Texas Education Agency’s takeover of Fort Worth school district, the organizations announced in a joint news release Wednesday.
The release comes after the groups visited schools in the Houston school district, which was taken over by the TEA in 2023, with state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles on Dec. 4 to learn more about how TEA intervention is impacting students and teachers in the district and how it could relate to the Fort Worth school district.
“The delegation observed that Houston ISD students are engaged, teachers are focused, and all adults — from the classroom to the superintendent — are being held accountable for student success,” the groups wrote in the joint news release…