Why Fort Worth ISD Couldn’t Stop a State Takeover

Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. One day last spring, Laura Craig’s elementary-aged child came home distressed. Everything at their Fort Worth ISD school was changing, they said. The desks had been moved out of the pod formation they liked. Pajama day, a prize for students meeting their reading goals, was canceled. “There were a lot of things they were looking forward to,” Craig said, “and they were not allowed to do them.” Soon she would hear about a canceled field day at another elementary school in the district. Another parent reported that practice time for sports at their school had been cut short. These were seemingly small losses, but for Craig,…

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