Asher Lehrer-Small
@small_asher
Houston ISD reporter @Hou_Landing. Formerly @The74. Stories also in @guardian, @BostonGlobe, @MiamiHerald and more. Tips/questions: [email protected]
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I work w the best, most inspiring people.
So much of this recognition speaks to the work and legacy of Mizanur Rahman and Alex Stuckey 🐘, who we miss every day
So incredibly proud of the @hou_landing team for winning NINE journalism awards in the Texas Managing Editors contest.
We’re less than a year old yet this talented group is already doing incredible work. I can't wait to see what the future holds.
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Arcola, a Houston-area town on the eastern edge of Fort Bend County, has not had a full City Council meeting since January, causing city business to be delayed.
What's been going on in Arcola?
A 🧵 on Briah Lumpkins' latest findings:
NEW: Room Scans & Eye Detectors: Robocops are Watching Your Kids Take Online Exams
My latest for @the74 / Guardian US theguardian.com/education/2024…
Austin, San Antonio and El Paso County have similar guaranteed income programs as the one Harris County is working to launch.
But Houston's is the only one Ken Paxton has alleged is unconstitutional.
Via McKenna Oxenden: houstonlanding.org/other-cities-a…
The best education journalism of the week is Asher Lehrer-Small's story laying out how homeless students in Houston missed about 3,000 days of class, a 30-fold increase over an original count in September. Read more in the newsletter. kappanonline.org/russo-new-era-…
With the immigration court backlog at more than 3.4 million, the govt is trying to dismiss more cases to get them out of court.
But that can have unintended consequences for some immigrants like Maria Pineda
My latest for Houston Landing houstonlanding.org/immigration-co…
Via Asher Lehrer-Small: Houston ISD's board of managers tabled a vote on whether to partner with a Chinese university for language and culture classes.
Board members said too many questions weren't answered by district administrators about the proposal. houstonlanding.org/a-little-bit-c…
The Reading Recovery organization is spending a lot of money to defend itself. It hired a consulting firm to design a campaign to rebut Sold a Story, and it filed a lawsuit against its home state of Ohio.
New from Christopher Peak and Kate Martin.
apmreports.org/story/2024/04/…
An Arcola city council meeting ended in a walk out once again after city officials did not recognize council member Ebony Sanco.
Arcola hasn't had a full city council meeting since January. How did we get here?
A thread⬇️ + 📸Annie Mulligan:
houstonlanding.org/this-is-an-emb…
Via Asher Lehrer-Small: Houston ISD is considering a partnership with a Chinese university to offer language and cultural lessons.
Dozens of schools/colleges have recently ended similar programs amid GOP criticism that they're a Chinese 'soft power' campaign. houstonlanding.org/hisd-considers…
'The 1983 law requiring high schools to distribute voter registration forms ... was intended to boost turnout among young voters. But the secretary of state’s office ... doesn’t track compliance.'
Via Pooja Salhotra: texastribune.org/2024/04/10/tex…
The Austin NewsGuild went on strike today.
The Houston Landing NewsGuild stands with our peers at the Austin American-Statesman as they continue to demand for a better contract.
You can help by not crossing the picket line or by donating to their Go Fund Me.
#Yallidarity ✊💜
HISD Superintendent Mike Miles has described his district overhaul as the biggest school reform effort in modern history.
We wanted to hear how it’s going from the students who are living the changes each day.
Here's what they told Asher Lehrer-Small. 🧵
houstonlanding.org/we-asked-14-hi…