Carranza: Houston ISD 'didn't have the stomach' for Big Reform

Style Magazine Newswire | 7/27/2018, 9:18 a.m.
The Houston Chronicle reports that former Houston ISD superintendent Richard Carranza is not mincing words. In an interview published this …
Richard A. Carranza and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio/AP Photo

Source: Chron.com

The Houston Chronicle reports that former Houston ISD superintendent Richard Carranza is not mincing words. In an interview published this week about his disappointment in HISD's failure to pass major reforms he championed during his 18-month tenure, he suggested the district lacked the appetite for changes that would boost outcomes for lower-income and minority students. In a couple of parting shots four months after leaving from Houston, Carranza told the news magazine that HISD leaders have resisted changes that would benefit historically underserved students, creating inequitable access to quality education among students from all backgrounds. His comments cut to key questions about the district's dedication to impoverish and minority students, while also raising the specter that Carranza's abrupt departure contributed to the proposals stalling.

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