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Clare Amari
Clare Amari covers public safety for the Houston Landing. Clare previously worked as an investigative reporter for The Greenville News in South Carolina, where she reported on police use of force, gender-based violence and sexual abuse allegations at a local cheerleading gym. A native of New York suburbs, Clare graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School and the University of Oxford, and she has received journalism awards for her work in Ohio and South Carolina. In her free time, Clare enjoys watching Premier League soccer, trying new wines, and researching her roots in Sicily and Appalachian Ohio.
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‘He fell through the cracks’: Prosecutors say man on death row for 30 years deserves new sentencing
At first, Ben Wolff could hardly make sense of what he was reading. A man showing signs of mental illness had been sentenced to death. Later found to be psychotic, he was still in prison and the state of Texas seemed to have forgotten all about him – even though he’d had litigation pending in […]
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More than 100 protesters decry Superintendent Mike Miles and new board at HISD meeting
The protesters voiced opposition to new Superintendent Mike MIles’ plans for overhauling nearly 30 schools and expressed concern about the impact on teachers.
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Meet the new governing board members of Houston ISD after the state’s takeover
Several Houston ISD parents, multiple business professionals and one former school teacher are now in control of governing Texas’ largest school district.
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Texas takeover of Houston ISD complete as Mike Miles named superintendent, board replaced
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath officially removed Houston ISD’s elected school board and superintendent from power Thursday, replacing them with an appointed governance team and a new district leader, former Dallas Independent School District chief Mike Miles. The long-expected choice of new leaders ushers in an era of dramatic change in Texas’ largest district, which […]
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Read our full hour-long interview with Mike Miles, Houston ISD’s new superintendent
This is a full transcript of the Houston Landing’s hour-long interview with Houston ISD’s new superintendent, Mike Miles, as he prepared to assume the district’s top job.
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Meet Mike Miles, the ‘very big disruptor’ floated as Houston ISD’s next superintendent
A hard-charging education leader devoted to shaking up the status quo in struggling school districts appears poised to become the superintendent of Houston ISD. Mike Miles, the former superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District and current CEO of a charter school network, has emerged in recent days as the likely incoming leader of HISD […]