Inside the Classroom
Members Of Citizens For Good Schools Reflect On Historic Campaign
Posted on · The long battle to desegregate Houston schools included a political campaign called Citizens for Good Schools.
Posted on · The long battle to desegregate Houston schools included a political campaign called Citizens for Good Schools.
Posted on · For most students, school is place to learn and socialize with friends. But it can mean much more for kids who don't have a home. In Texas, more than 65,000 students are considered homeless. By the time she was 17 years old, Crystal Lovings had bounced from her father to her grandmother to child protective […]
Posted on · Crystal Lovings talks about what school meant to her and her journey from homelessness to college graduation with Michael Blockson, a prevention specialist at Covenant House Texas.
Posted on · Many teachers use the summer as a time to learn new tools for the next school year. For one teacher in south Houston, that meant a new way of managing her classroom. When Verlia Reed-Byrd first taught seventh grade English at Thomas Middle School in south Houston, she struggled so much that she considered quitting. […]
Posted on · If you live in Texas, you must be a gun owner, right? Everyone is, after all. Exceptâ¦no. Everyone isnât. In fact, a recent study suggests while Texas has slightly higher than average gun ownership rates, gun owners are, in fact, the overwhelming minority. According to the report published last month in the health journal Injury […]
Posted on · When Verlia Reed-Byrd started teaching, she struggled so much that she almost quit. Then she got some new training, and also met a new student.
Posted on · In the effort to improve public education, some people are taking a fresh look at teacher training. That preparation can vary widely from colleges of education to alternative certification programs. Two instructors — one a veteran and the other still a student himself — tell their experience. Montrel Lacour is a senior at the University […]
Posted on · We all experience peaks and valleys in our lives. Great accomplishments, health scares, personal milestones, economic woes; some years you're up, others you're down. But you'd be hard-pressed to find many Houstonians who have been on a roller coaster ride to match J.R. Richard, a mainstay in the Houston Astros rotation throughout the 1970s, and […]
Posted on · That preparation can vary widely from colleges of education to alternative certification programs.
Posted on · Just because students attend school in the same district doesn't mean they have the same experience. In fact, their education might reveal extreme contrasts. Consider these two high schools: One campus, Carnegie Vanguard, is ranked as one of the best high schools in the entire country. The other, Westbury High, is failing to prepare students […]
Posted on · <a href=”https://storify.com/KUHFNews/houston-mayor-declares-state-of-disaster-following” target=”_blank”>View “undefined” on Storify</a> We have the latest on this week’s flooding in and around Houston on today’s Houston Matters. We lead off with representatives from Harris County Emergency Management and the National Weather Service. We learn what cleanup and recovery efforts are underway, and what more we can expect in terms of […]
Posted on · The students are talking about how they realized those differences, and what they are trying to do to improve them.
Posted on · What happens when a husband and wife give up their separate careers and become teachers in the same school district? One Houston couple did just that. In the latest installment of the series “Inside the Classroom,” Houston’ Public Media’s education reporter, Laura Isensee, brings us the story of Ryan and Christina Beeler. Ryan gave up […]
Posted on · Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson wants to see a change in how grand juries are selected. Grand juries of 12 people determine whether enough evidence exists to formally charge a suspect with a crime. Currently in Texas, judges are tasked with impaneling them, but it’s a time-consuming process. So, some name friends as “grand […]
Posted on · What happens when a husband and wife give up their separate careers and become teachers in the same school district? One Houston couple did just that.