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Houston Just Changed Its Curfew For Teenagers
Posted on · Cities across Texas have been rethinking their juvenile curfew ordinances.
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New Online Toolkit Offers Tips, Best Practices to Keep Schools Safe
Posted on · The toolkit for Texas educators and families includes sections on students' rights and students with disabilities.
News
Civil Rights Groups Send Letter To Needville ISD Over Threats To Punish Student Who Join Walkouts Over Gun Control
Posted on · Students in Needville ISD who join demonstrations about gun violence after the school shooting in Florida will be suspended for three days, according to the superintendent
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Report: Texas Schools Still Rely on Police, Courts to Handle School Discipline
Posted on · It also found that on average Texas districts seem to spent more than twice as much on police than on counselors.
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Handbook Aims To Help Texas Homeless Youth
Posted on · A group of experts have come together to offer a solution to help the thousands of homeless youth living on streets across Texas.
Houston Matters
Houston School Board Reverses Course, Reconsiders Suspension Ban
Posted on · For several months now, the Houston school board has grappled with how it disciplines its youngest students. After initially rejecting a proposed ban on suspensions, the board has reversed course, and — with a final vote next month — might ban suspensions after all. News 88.7 education reporter Laura Isensee explains. Then we revisit a […]
Education News
Houston School Board Reverses Course, Reconsiders Suspension Ban
Posted on · If the school board approves the change with a final vote in February, Houston will become the first district in Texas to ban suspensions for young children.
Houston Matters
Why The Houston School Board Refused To Ban Suspensions
Posted on · During a school board meeting last Thursday (Nov. 12, 2015), HISD board members refused to ban suspensions of pre-K through second grade students. We learn why from News 88.7 education reporter Laura Isensee. Then, we talk with Morgan Craven, Director of the “School-to-Prison Pipeline Project” for the non-profit social justice group Texas Appleseed, which put […]
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HISD Won’t Ban Early Elementary Suspensions: Tuesday’s Show (November 17, 2015)
Posted on · During a school board meeting last Thursday, HISD board members refused to ban suspensions of pre-K through second grade students. We learn why from News 88.7 education reporter Laura Isensee on today’s Houston Matters. Then, we talk with Morgan Craven, Director of the “School-to-Prison Pipeline Project” for the non-profit social justice group Texas Appleseed, which […]
Education News
Report: Texas Schools Suspending Thousands Of Elementary Students
Posted on · In elementary school, much like older grades, certain students are suspended more often: children with special needs, boys and black students.