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Houston ISD has released a list of community partners that are sponsoring the district’s lowest-rated campuses as part of state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles’ new “Houston Promise” initiative to improve struggling schools.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/10/16/533599/hisd-houston-promise-mike-miles-low-rated-schools-business-sponsorships/

#Business #Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #HISDSuperintendentMikeMiles #HoustonBusinesses #HoustonISD #HoustonPromise #HoustonSchools #TexasEducationAgency

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

A federal court in San Antonio heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Texas law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms in the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/08/15/528799/federal-court-in-san-antonio-hears-legal-challenge-to-texas-ten-commandments-school-display-law/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #FirstAmendment #HoustonSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice #TexasPublicSchools

A few small private schools in the Houston area are among the Texas institutions with the lowest measles vaccination rates, according to data compiled by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/03/07/515397/some-houston-area-private-schools-among-texas-campuses-with-lowest-measles-vaccination-rates/

#Education #EducationNews #HealthScience #Houston #Local #News #HoustonSchools #Measles #PrivateSchools #SchoolVaccines #TexasSchools #VaccinationRates

The Aldine ISD school board voted Tuesday evening to close six more schools — for a total of nine in the past year — as the district grapples with a budget deficit and a decline in its student population.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/02/26/514881/aldine-isd-closes-6-more-schools-citing-budget-deficit-enrollment-decline/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #AldineISD #HoustonSchools #HoustonAreaSchoolClosures #TexasPublicSchools #TexasSchoolVouchers

Ninety students from school districts around Houston and Southeast Texas were recognized in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's art program award ceremony. Their artwork will be up for auction March 16.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/events/houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo/2025/02/17/513995/local-students-recognized-in-houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo-art-competition/

#ArtsCulture #ArtsCultureEducation #Education #EducationNews #Events #Houston #HoustonLivestockShowAndRodeo #Local #News #ArtCompetition #HoustonLivestockShowAndRodeoArtCompetition #HoustonRodeo #HoustonRodeoArtContest #HoustonSchools

Houston ISD condemned an advocacy group's call for a student sick-out Wednesday in protest of state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2025/02/04/512946/houston-isd-condemns-call-for-student-sick-out-in-protest-of-mike-miles/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #CommunityVoicesForPublicEducation #HISDProtest #HISDSuperintendentMikeMiles #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #SickOut

School in the Houston area will be back in session Thursday after a cold snap and rare snowstorm.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/01/22/511637/schools-in-houston-area-set-to-resume-classes-on-thursday/

#Education #EducationNews #FortBend #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Weather #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #HoustonAreaSchoolDistricts #TexasSouthernUniversity #UniversityOfHouston

Houston ISD will begin installing weapons detection systems next week on high school campuses where guns have been discovered within the past year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2025/01/17/510986/houston-isd-to-roll-out-weapons-detectors-on-high-school-campuses-where-guns-have-been-found/

#Education #EducationNews #Guns #HISD #Houston #Local #News #GunsInSchools #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #LamarHighSchool #WeaponDetectionSystems #WeaponsDetectionSystem

The Houston ISD is strengthening security on one high school campus after two students were arrested and charged for bringing firearms on campus.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2024/10/29/504462/lamar-high-school-boosts-security-after-students-brought-guns-on-campus-houston-isd-officials-say/

#Education #HISD #News #Police #Firearms #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #SchoolSecurity

A Houston Independent School District assistant principal last week was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a 20-year-old former student.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/10/16/503208/houston-isd-assistant-principal-arrested-charged-for-sexual-assault-of-former-student/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #Education #News #AssistantPrincipal #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #WestburyHighSchool

More Houston-area schools will be open on Wednesday as CenterPoint Energy crews are working to wrap up power restoration efforts by the end of the day. More than 72,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were still without power on Wednesday morning.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/05/22/488300/several-houston-area-schools-experiencing-power-outages-remain-closed-on-wednesday/

#Education #News #CenterPointEnergy #HoustonSchools #HoustonWeather #SchoolClosures

Several Houston-area school districts will remain closed on Monday as schools continue working to regain power that was lost during last week's fatal storm.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/05/20/487927/54-houston-isd-campuses-remain-closed-monday-days-after-damaging-storm/

#Education #Houston #News #HoustonISD #HoustonSchools #HoustonStorm #HoustonAreaSchoolDistricts

Humble ISD Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen was placed on paid administrative leave after an overwhelming school board vote on Tuesday night.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/05/15/487488/humble-isd-superintendent-placed-on-administrative-leave/

#Education #News #HoustonSchools #HumbleISD #TitleIX #WashoeCountySchoolDistrict

Klein ISD board members voted unanimously Monday to enhance safety and security measures following the recent arrest of a Klein High School teacher on charges of child trafficking and compelling prostitution of minors.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/05/14/487479/klein-isd-adopts-resolution-to-strengthen-security-in-wake-of-child-trafficking-arrest/

#Education #EducationNews #Local #News #HoustonSchools #HumanTrafficking #KleinISD #Prostitution #SchoolSafety

Trustees for Spring Branch ISD backed off a proposal to remove a former superintendent’s name from an administration building, with the idea rebuked by a stream of community members who described it as petty and setting a poor precedent.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/03/27/481788/spring-branch-isd-to-keep-former-superintendents-name-on-headquarters-after-public-outcry/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #ChrisEarnest #DuncanKlussmann #HoustonSchools #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchISDFunding

Absenteeism among teachers in the Houston Independent School District has dropped 43 percent in the past year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/12/22/473147/houston-isd-teacher-absenteeism-down-by-43-percent-this-year/

#Education #HISD #Houston #Local #News #HISDAbsenteeism #HoustonIndependentSchoolDistrict #HoustonSchools #TeacherAbsenteeism

Houston Independents School District's Board of Managers gave the final stamp of approval for the District of Innovation dedication Thursday night. The plan paves the way for some controversial changes like hiring uncertified teachers and extending the school year calendar.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/12/15/472442/hisd-board-gives-district-of-innovation-dedication-final-stamp-of-approval/

#Education #News #DistrictOfInnovation #HISDBoardOfManagers #HoustonIndependentSchoolDistrict #HoustonSchools

At least 52 schools in the Houston Independent School District would've received F ratings under the Texas Education Agency's accountability rating system, data shows. 59 others would've landed D ratings.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/12/06/471575/nearly-half-of-houston-isds-campuses-wouldve-received-failing-accountability-scores-superintendent-says/

#Education #News #AccountabilityRatings #HoustonIndependentSchoolDistrict #HoustonSchools #TexasEducationAgency

what the absolute nightmare. #schools #education

some awful news about #HoustonSchools

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