State takeover of Houston public schools sets off Democrats who cry it's a political move

Texas officials announced a state takeover of Houston Independent School District’s (HISD) schools on Wednesday. HISD has almost 200,000 students in public schools. It is the country’s eighth-largest school district. It’s a big deal. Frankly, this has been a long time coming. There have been threats for years of the state coming in and taking charge of the school district. Naturally, now that the time has come and state officials made their move, cries of politics have come to the forefront. Houston, like other large urban cities, is Democrat-led. Governor...