Allyson Ackerman is the News Editor at Chron. She previously was the Deputy News Editor at the New York Post, where she also served as the Deputy Business Editor. She left the Big Apple for Houston and can now often be found in a car driving her two kids around town.

As many as 3,000 students are expected to miss school on Wednesday in protest of the district's state-appointed board of managers and superintendent.

A group of Houston Independent School District parents and students are planning a sick out to protest the Texas Education Agency's takeover of HISD.