Texas officials have announced a takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student school district. The decision Wednesday follows allegations of misconduct by school trustees and chronically low academic scores at one of the nearly 50 high schools in the na
Since we are being assured that the problems in the Houston ISD is not related to the superintendent, to the teachers and staff, nor to the students themselves, why is TEA taking over control? The takeover is primarily due to years of low standardized test scores and post-graduate performanc...
The article reports that the State Comptroller Susan Combs has accepted the contention from the Houston Independent School District (HISD) in Texas. It cited that property assessment in the 301-square-mile district total of $97.9 billion rather than the $110.7 billion estimated by the state. Bob...
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According to state standards, most schools in Houston ISD “are doing well,” Morel said. Even Wheatley High School – the schoolcited by the Texas Education Agencyas part of the reason for the takeover – has improved. “And so the whole district is now being taken over for reasons that...