Superintendent Mike Miles said the Houston Independent School District is improving rapidly, but the future demands more skill-based transformation.
During the Houston ISD Foundation’s 2026 State of the District luncheon, Miles pointed to academic gains over the past two years.
Nearly 500 community leaders and partners raised more than $480,000 to “accelerate student achievement, support and retain outstanding educators, and expand pathways to college and career.”
“We fundamentally changed in just two years,” Miles said, citing that in two years, HISD went from 93 A and B-rated schools to 197. “That’s why we have a goal to have only A and B-rated campuses at the end of the following year. That’s not a pipe dream.”…