HISD’s board is powerless. Here’s why we’re endorsing anyway. | Endorsement

The Houston Chronicle editorial board endorses Maria Benzon, Michael McDonough and Bridget Wade as HISD trustees who can help guide a transition back to local control. Here's a key paragraph:

Many parents have been frustrated with the state takeover of HISD, and understandably so. A takeover originally intended to target a handful of consistently failing schools was unexpectedly expanded to cover additional campuses. State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles has often demonstrated an antagonistic attitude toward teachers’ and families’ articulable concerns. Despite those problems, the last thing anyone should want is a return to the old HISD ways, with a board that tolerated poor performance and failed to function as an effective governing unit. Voters should look for candidates who have the insight and disposition to build on the real improvements Miles has brought to HISD while sunsetting his least effective moves.