Which improvement implementation strategies to recommended is thedifficult decision to be made by Superintendent and former Board Member, Roderick Paige.Shari Morfin
FILE - Houston Independent School District Superintendent Millard House II answers questions from the media, May 21, 2021, in Houston. Texas officials on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the...
The Houston district is the largest public school system in Texas with 295 schools. Three percent of Houston's teachers, 400 teachers total, could be fired. The district's superintendent said that training and mentoring will be available to teachers in danger of losing their jobs. "Students kno...
Board of Education members set policy, approve educational goals and curriculum changes, evaluate the educational program, and act on recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools. The Board also approves the annual budget and maintains a balanced budget at the end of the year. In addition, boar...
Houston Independent School District is an above average, public school district located in HOUSTON, TX. It has 189,934 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1. According to state test scores, 36% of students are at least proficient in math and 47% in readin...
Miles, a former Army Ranger and diplomat whose mixed record as superintendent of the Dallas school district was marked by upheaval, said recent disappointing standardized test scores only confirmed the need for reform in Houston. “I’ve talked about bold, syste...
13, Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan said she expects every campus to have a school nurse this year, unless it's a shared property where one nurse will go between buildings. But, as of Aug. 21, the last time the district provided an exact breakdown of each district, there were 20 ...
GALENA PARK SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE: Strengthening Our Bond Jan 21, 2025 From John Moore. Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools With the passing of the recent 530 million dollar bond, the community has seized the opportunity to honor Galena Park ISD’s […] Sheldon ISD’s Dr. Demetrius McCa...
On Thursday, President Joe Biden said he stood with officials defying state mandates barring masks in schools. "To the mayors, school superintendents, educators, local leaders, who are standing up to the governors politicizing mask protection for our kids, thank you," he told reporters. "Thank...
Morath also described the Houston ISD Superintendent Millard Housell as a “student-focused man of integrity” but that he will be replaced. The takeover by TEA means that the state agency will control the budget, school closures, collaboration with charter networks, policies around curriculum and...