Over 100 Houston ISD teachers from at least 35 schools reportedly called in sick Thursday to "highlight ongoing concerns about hostile learning and teaching environments" created by the district's state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles, according to protest organizers.
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Thursday's action appears to be the first coordinated effort by a group of teachers to organize what amounts to a walkout, even though both of the city's teachers unions and other critics of Miles' administration have protested his leadership since he set foot in Houston last June.
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