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Harvey Adds Pressure To HISD, Already Under Threat of State Takeover
Posted on · The Texas Education Agency has not made any decision if potential sanctions will be relaxed because of Harvey.
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Education News
HISD Superintendent Ready to Take on Challenge, Start Thinking of ‘Plan B’
Posted on · "This is a call to action for the entire district."
Education News
HISD Has New Option To Consider On Risk Of State Takeover
Posted on · That option, however, wouldn't apply to schools that have failed state standards for five or more years.
Education News
HISD Trustees To Meet With State Officials, Vow To Avoid School Closures
Posted on · HISD is the largest of more than 40 districts in Texas at risk of having their elected school boards replaced with outside managers.
Education News
How HISD Plans to Improve its Struggling Schools, and Avoid Board of Managers
Posted on · That plan involves more support for students who live in poverty.
Education News
What Texas Lawmakers Did For Special Education And What They Missed
Posted on · "It's been probably a generation since we've had so much attention to the needs of students with disabilities in our Texas public schools."
Education News
Lawsuit Could Increase HISD’s Bill to Texas’ Robin Hood System
Posted on · If the plaintiffs win, HISD’s recapture bill to the state could rise by $60 million.
Education News
New Lawsuit Challenges Changes To School Finance System
Posted on · HISD is not a party in the lawsuit, but said in a statement that it believes the changes are legal and will intervene if necessary.
Education News
HISD’s Special Ed Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny
Posted on · During her tenure, the number of children evaluated for special ed in HISD dropped dramatically.
Education News
HISD’s Special Ed Committee Holds First Full Meeting
Posted on · One job for the group is to pick a company to audit HISD’s special ed program.
Education News
Feds To Investigate Special Ed In 12 Texas Districts, Including 3 In Greater Houston (Update)
Posted on · State officials maintain that no children have been denied services and that they are cooperating with the feds, which have now explained why they are visiting the schools.
Education News
Advocates, Attorneys Press Texas Education Agency For Special Ed Reform
Posted on · In November, after federal authorities started to examine special ed in Texas, state officials said they would try to change the guidelines to identify students for special ed in the spring of 2017.
Education News
Feds To Continue To Investigate Special Ed In Texas
Posted on · Federals officials told the state that they still have concerns and will return the last week of February to gather more information, review documents and interview state officials.
Houston Matters
Report Cards are Coming: Texas Prepares to Give Its Schools Letter Grades
Posted on · A new state system that will grade Texas public schools from A to F debuts in August of 2018. But, as of Friday (Jan. 6, 2017), you can now go online and see a provisional rating of how your child’s school would have performed had it been graded on that scale now. A year ahead […]
Education News
How Greater Houston School Districts Fared In New Preliminary State Letter Grades
Posted on · All Houston-area districts struggled to prepare students for college, earning a C or worse.