Bios
Patrick Huff, Ph.D.
B. S., T.C.U. / M. Ed., Sam Houston State University / Ph.D. Prairie View A&M University.
Patrick Huff served in the public schools in Texas from 1973-2007. He retired after 34 years in the profession as a teacher, assistant principal and principal at the middle school and high school level. During those years he became acutely aware of the immense amount of time devoted to standardized testing. By the time of his retirement virtually all academic decisions were built around strategies devoted to testing. Taking place also at this time was the beginning of the phenomenon of failing schools. Schools were beginning to fail due to the outcomes of their students on the standardized test. Due to working in the system, Dr. Huff recognized what was taking schools to failure; it was the accountability system and the way it was written to control teachers, principals, and entire school districts.
Upon retirement Dr. Huff went back to school to receive his Ph.D., writing his dissertation on the subjugation of public schools to the federal government. His dissertation was then converted into a book that deals with the unrealistic No Child Left Behind mandates, the federalization of the entire public school system across America, and the phenomenon of school failure and why it is occurring. The title of his book is The Takeover of Public Education in America: The Agenda to Control Information and Knowledge Through the Accountability System. Dr. Huff’s book deals with the mechanism used to drive schools toward failure and provides excellent testimony from those who have seen the endgame of No Child Left Behind, school takeover by the state.
Dr. Huff continued to teach in the graduate school of education at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, until his full retirement in 2022.
Dr. Huff has spoken before community groups, church groups, school boards, and before the Texas Senate and House Education Committees. He is available to speak at most anytime during the year and can be reached at aphuff51@gmail.com.
He currently lives in Tomball, Texas with Connie, his wife of 42 years.