HISD debates SBOE’s social studies changes; Democratic SBOE member Lawrence...
Thanks to my colleague Katy Vine, who follows the drama of the State Board of Education, for calling this blog post in the Houston Press to my attention. Here’s the post in full: The Houston ISD...
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A tiny miracle is visible to anyone who cares to visit one particular classroom at Houston’s Sharpstown High School. In this small, windowless room, complete with fluorescent lights and a burgundy shag...
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City Girl
Some writers are journeymen, always on the road. Others work and rework the same ground, eventually becoming identified with the places they inhabit. In this second category you often find journalists...
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Super Collider
When you mention the name Terry Grier to certain people with ties to the Houston Independent School District—certain teachers, certain principals, certain parents, certain politicians—you are likely to...
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A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
Budget cuts, including teacher layoffs, are rolling through almost every school district in Texas—at the expense, most parents would argue—of our children. So how do educators provide opportunities and...
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This Tween’s Classroom Is Her Computer
In Dear Dumb Diary, a movie that premiered on the Hallmark Channel in September, twelve-year-old Sterling Griffith plays a glamorous tween who is the envy of the nerdy students in the cafeteria. In...
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Houston ISD Is Spending $250,000 to Change Culturally Insensitive Mascot Names
The owner of Washington’s professional football team just lost another ally in his struggling campaign to convince the world that his team’s mascot is a celebration of a noble history, rather than a...
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Watch a Video of One of the Most Aggressive School Bus Drivers in Texas
We’re not shy about using superlatives when describing public servants (heads-up for the Best and Worst Legislators list in the July issue, y’all); however, we don’t usually extend such judgments to,...
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People Are Upset That Houston Spent Money To Change The Names Of Schools...
The debate over what to do with the schools, statues, monuments, and flags that pay tribute to the icons of the Confederacy has been ongoing, but a turning point came in June 2015, when a white man...
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