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EduClips is a roundup of the week鈥檚 top education headlines from America鈥檚 15 largest school districts, where more than 4 million students across 10 states attend class every day. Read previous EduClips installments here.

TEXAS 鈥斅燬tate to Take Over Houston ISD by Replacing School Board and Superintendent: Texas鈥檚 state education agency announced Wednesday that it will take over Houston Independent School District 鈥� one of the largest school districts in the country 鈥� because of the school board鈥檚 鈥渇ailure of governance鈥� and persistent academic failure at the district鈥檚 Wheatley High School. State education commissioner Mike Morath will appoint both a board of governance and a superintendent as part of the takeover, which did not come as a surprise, reports Aliyya Swaby. ()

VIRGINIA 鈥斅燚emocratic-Backed Candidates Take Full Control of Fairfax County School Board: Democratic-backed candidates this week swept the school board elections in Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the nation鈥檚 largest school districts, with nearly 190,000 students and a $3 billion annual budget. Though the elections are nonpartisan in name, the campaigns were fiercely contested along party lines, with much of the fight centered on a proposal that would require district officials to consider students鈥� race and socioeconomic status when redrawing school boundaries. Over the summer, the district hired an outside consultant to deal with that particular proposal, but Republican-backed candidates made it a 鈥渇ocal point of their campaigns,鈥� Debbie Truong reports. Of the 12 board members who will start four-year terms in January, eight are new to the board. ()

NATIONAL 鈥斅燜lint鈥檚 Children Suffer in Class After Years of Drinking the Lead-Poisoned Water: The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, 鈥渉as migrated from its homes to its schools, where neurological and behavioral problems 鈥� real or feared 鈥� among students are threatening to overwhelm the education system,鈥� reports Erica L. Green. The schools are now in a 鈥渄ownward spiral鈥� of declining enrollment, tight budgets and overwhelming student need. And Flint is not alone in these challenges. ()

ILLINOIS 鈥斅燱hat Happens Next With the Chicago Teachers Contract: After an 11-day teacher strike, the city鈥檚 longest since 1987, students and teachers returned to the classroom last week, but the contract is not yet finalized. Chalkbeat reporter Yana Kunichoff explains what the mayor, the union and their attorneys still have to do to make it official. ()

HAWAII 鈥� Nearly Half the Kids in Hawaii Can鈥檛 Swim. Meet the Organization Trying to Change That: A new report shows that drowning was the third-highest cause of death for Hawaii kids between 2014 and 2018, but swimming lessons can be prohibitively expensive for many families on the islands. Now, individual schools are partnering with the Hawaii Aquatics Foundation to make swimming and water safety more accessible to Hawaii鈥檚 kids, reports Suevon Lee. ()

FLORIDA 鈥斅犫�楢stoundingly Slow鈥� Progress on School Renovations in South Florida District, Despite $800 Million Bond: Five years after Broward County schools got an $800 million bond from taxpayers to renovate 233 schools, renovations are complete at just eight schools, according to an analysis by reporter Scott Travis. Most of the schools, which have problems such as leaky roofs, mold and poor air quality, aren鈥檛 under construction yet. ()

鈼徛�Related from 蜜桃影视: Schools Have Lost $16B in Capital Funds Since the Great Recession. Those Buildings Are in Trouble 鈥� and That Means Problems for Students

Noteworthy Opinion & Analysis

TEACHER PAY: Can Early-Childhood-Education Programs Deliver If Lead Teachers Are Paid Less Than Dog Walkers? ()

KID ECONOMICS: How Many Tootsie Rolls Is a Snickers Worth? Kids Know. ()

DISCIPLINE: Procedure isn鈥檛 enough: What I鈥檝e learned advocating for students at NYC suspension hearings ()

BOOK REVIEW: How one Navajo Nation high school is trying to help students see a future that includes college ()

What Else We鈥檙e Reading

ELECTIONS: Democrats Enjoy Big Wins in Kentucky and Virginia, and Reform Foes 鈥楩lip the Board鈥� in Denver (Read at 蜜桃影视)

RURAL SCHOOLS: Many Rural Districts Face Education ‘Emergency’ ()

STUDENT-ATHLETES: Hunger Games: High School Student Athletes Deal With Food Insecurity ()

GOOD NEWS: Ohio Mom Mobilizes Her Son鈥檚 Football Team to Help Hungry Players From a Nearby Team ()

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