Posted on · When the exclusions and exceptions the state grants charter schools are stripped away, Texas charter schools have an average graduation rate almost 30 percentage points lower than the state’s traditional school districts
Posted on · Across the U.S., the number of teenagers having babies has hit a record low — it's down to about one out of every 45 young women. That trend hasn't extended to certain parts of Texas, where it’s still nearly twice the national average.
Posted on · A new report suggests that people living in urban minority neighborhoods could be paying as much as 30 percent more for car insurance, but an industry group says the report's findings are flawed.
Posted on · A new report indicates pedestrian fatalities have decreased nationwide after a three-year spike. But not here in Texas. On this edition of Houston Matters, weâll talk with the reportâs author, transportation researcher Dr. Allan Williams, the former chief scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, about the particulars of what he found. Then weâll […]
Posted on · Earlier this week, officials in southwest Houston announced they would be expanding a popular recycling program for more than five-thousand residents. It's called single-stream recycling. The program replaces smaller, 18-gallon green bins with much bigger 96-gallon bins. City officials say this program is very popular with residents, who find recycling more convenient with these larger, […]