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I don't think it's attributable to summer break. Didn't ~1,100K teachers quit in Fort Worth, TX due (in part) to a rise in political interference?

dominotw 2mo ago
no they didnt
- jborden13 2mo ago
  This article seems to disagree https://fortworthreport.org/2026/08/06/record-teacher-turnover-leaves-fwisd-with-few-vacancies-but-fewer-veteran-educators/ https://fortworthreport.org/2026/08/06/record-teacher-turnov...
  - dominotw 2mo ago
    no it doesnt
- jborden13 2mo ago
  you're still wrong > Superintendent Peter Licata acknowledged that the takeover and instructional changes played a role in some educators’ decisions to leave the district. > ...But he said he believes employees watched the transformation of Houston ISD under state control and grew wary as Fort Worth introduced standardized lessons and reorganized schools and departments.
  - dominotw 2mo ago
    sure thats 'political interference' .
    - jborden13 2mo ago
      Please give us your definition of the TEA takeover then.
      - mlrtime 2mo ago
        Is it 'political interference' when you get fired from a job for objectively poor performance?
        jborden13 2mo ago
        When things are systematically underfunded for decades, ya
chasd00 2mo ago
> ..rise in political interference? I haven't heard it phrased like that before hah. The truth is when a school district is bad enough the state comes in and takes it over to try and get things back on their feet. Fort Worth is just embarrassed because FWISD is so bad the state had to take it over. My wife is a HS teacher in Richardson and one of her friends was hired as a new principal at one of the FWISD schools. She said the situation is pretty bleak and most teachers should be fired but they likely won't be able to get rid of all the bad ones. That's pretty typical unfortunately in public education. https://www.fwisd.org/about/tea https://www.fwisd.org/about/tea /the same thing happened to a school district in Houston

dominotw 2mo ago

no they didnt

jborden13 2mo ago
This article seems to disagree https://fortworthreport.org/2026/08/06/record-teacher-turnover-leaves-fwisd-with-few-vacancies-but-fewer-veteran-educators/ https://fortworthreport.org/2026/08/06/record-teacher-turnov...
- dominotw 2mo ago
  no it doesnt
jborden13 2mo ago
you're still wrong > Superintendent Peter Licata acknowledged that the takeover and instructional changes played a role in some educators’ decisions to leave the district. > ...But he said he believes employees watched the transformation of Houston ISD under state control and grew wary as Fort Worth introduced standardized lessons and reorganized schools and departments.
- dominotw 2mo ago
  sure thats 'political interference' .
  - jborden13 2mo ago
    Please give us your definition of the TEA takeover then.
    - mlrtime 2mo ago
      Is it 'political interference' when you get fired from a job for objectively poor performance?
      - jborden13 2mo ago
        When things are systematically underfunded for decades, ya

chasd00 2mo ago

> ..rise in political interference? I haven't heard it phrased like that before hah. The truth is when a school district is bad enough the state comes in and takes it over to try and get things back on their feet. Fort Worth is just embarrassed because FWISD is so bad the state had to take it over. My wife is a HS teacher in Richardson and one of her friends was hired as a new principal at one of the FWISD schools. She said the situation is pretty bleak and most teachers should be fired but they likely won't be able to get rid of all the bad ones. That's pretty typical unfortunately in public education. https://www.fwisd.org/about/tea https://www.fwisd.org/about/tea /the same thing happened to a school district in Houston