Houston Independent School District is continuing to partner with iEducate to hire college and high school students as tutors for elementary students.
All HISD students who are at least 15 years old and district alumni who are currently enrolled in college are encouraged to apply for this paid opportunity.
Continue readingHISD is once again offering free COVID-19 testing for all students and staff at select campuses through November and December in partnership with the Houston Health Department and Fulgent Genetics.
Continue readingSterling Aviation Early College High School opened its on-campus hangar to welcome students from nine HISD middle schools for the Discover United Airlines Expo and career fair.
Continue readingThe Food and Agriculture Literacy Center at Mykawa Farm is a labor of love made possible by HISD’s dedicated Nutrition Services Department. Mykawa caretakers welcomed two classes from Young Elementary School and Attucks Middle School for a Fall Harvest Festival to celebrate a successful planting season.
Continue readingHouston Independent School District has partnered with tech platform Enrichly for a 10-week pilot program at 12 HISD campuses focused on building self-esteem, etiquette, and financial literacy.
Continue readingOctober is Dyslexia Awareness Month, but HISD’s Dyslexia Services Office works year-round to ensure students districtwide are set up for success.
Houston Independent School District’s Office of Special Education Services will hold its 2022 Special Education Fall Parent Summit on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Continue readingHISD principals are strong educators and leaders who inspire our students, teachers, and staff every day.
Throughout October, the district celebrated National Principals Month by recognizing these incredible members of Team HISD through social media shout-outs, campus events, and featured videos.
Continue readingThe 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) released data highlighting national declines based on fourth and eighth grade math and reading assessments administered in the spring of 2022. The nationwide assessment included a sample of 5,400 fourth and eighth grade Houston Independent School District students from 107 campuses. A total of 216,500 fourth grade students from 5,550 schools and 215,700 eighth grade students from 5,010 schools participated in the nationwide administration of NAEP in 2022.
Continue readingThe national nonprofit Teach Plus has selected 45 Texas teachers to be a part of its 2022-2023 Policy Fellowship cohort, and 11 of them are from HISD.
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