I'm hopeful this study affirms the critical organizing work that's happening at the grassroots and prompts more education researchers to pay attention to what's happening to Houston. 4/4

Specifically, I highlight the racialized discourses underpinning takeover and accountability policy, and show how members of the Houston community resisted the state's top-down implementation narrative. 3/4

The paper examines the competing discourses that state officials and community members used to frame the state takeover of HISD during a series of community information sessions hosted by TEA. 2/4