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Houston School District Expands Effort To Improve Bus System With Student Badges
Posted on · This badge system started as a pilot in October with about two dozen schools. Now, it has expanded district-wide.
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Houston School District Drafts Game Plan For Next Legislative Session
Posted on · So far, the district’s wish list is short, but daunting.
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Some Houston Parents Want School District To Start Over On Bus System
Posted on · HISD has been trying to recruit more bus drivers to make sure all routes are staffed.
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How The Experiment with Houston’s Decentralized School District Has Worked Out
Posted on · Overall, researchers found the decentralized system of putting principals in charge has worked out pretty much as it was intended.
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The Student Who Taught Me Not to Take It Personally
Posted on · Lotus Hoey usually finds an easy connection with her students learning English, but not last fall, when one student pushed back on her instruction.
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Kashmere High Looks for Positive Change in Turnaround Plan
Posted on · Those include increased enrollment and attendance and a new surge of school spirit at Kashmere High.
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HISD Board Reinstates Interim Superintendent, Trump Rally Moved to Toyota Center, Retrial of Terry Thompson Begins, And More
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering
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Houston School Board Reinstates Interim Superintendent, Sets Timeline for Final Search
Posted on · The board approves a timeline by which HISD could have a permanent superintendent by the end of April and green lights other measures meant to move past a bitter week.
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Political Roundup: Second Senate Debate And HISD Leadership Changes
Posted on · The Houston Matters experts discuss the latest political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.
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UPDATE: Houston School Board Apologizes for Contentious Meeting, Behavior Over Last Ten Months
Posted on · The nine members of the Houston school board refused to answer any questions from reporters at the press conference Monday and didn't explain why they decided to backtrack on changing leadership.
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Full Show: HISD Leadership Changes, and Former Astronaut Scott Kelly (Oct. 12, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn why some HISD board members pushed for a new interim superintendent. Then, former astronaut Scott Kelly talks about spending a year in space. Plus, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And the classical ensemble Loop38 translates visual art into music.
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Advocacy Group Flags Low Graduation Rates at Some Houston Schools
Posted on · Children at Risk uses a stricter calculation for graduation rates than the state of Texas
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Suspicious Package Sent to Cruz’s Campaign Office, TEA’s Private Meetings about HISD, Houston Holiday Shopping Forecast, And More
Posted on · What we’re following this afternoon at Houston Public Media
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Deputy Commissioner Held Private Meetings in Houston When School District’s Future Was Uncertain
Posted on · Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University, said that there are two ways to look at the situation.
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Houston School Board Votes to Launch National Search for New Superintendent
Posted on · At a special meeting Thursday night, several parents urged the board to be transparent.