HISD Board of Education to consider changes to 2017-2018 Code of Student Conduct

The Houston Independent School District Board of Education will vote Thursday on a proposal to update the 2017-2018 Code of Student Conduct. Among the proposed changes is a plan to offer alternatives in some cases to students who have been referred to the district’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP). Other proposed changes include reclassifying the […]

Houston Real Men Read leads to lasting mentoring, friendship 

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000_5iWYCEnd98″ g_name=”20170601-Houston-Real-Men-Read-Worrell-Tanner” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] Scholastic President Greg Worrell first met Bradford Tanner when Tanner was a fourth-grader at Young Elementary School. As part of Houston […]

DeBakey leads Children at Risk’s list of top high schools for seventh straight year

Children at Risk announced its annual list of the top schools in the greater Houston area, and for the seventh consecutive year, HISD’s DeBakey High School for Health Professions was listed as number one among high schools. Four other HISD high schools were included in the top 10 and dominated the top five: Challenge Early College High School (#2), […]

Hundreds attend dedication for new DeBakey HS for Health Professions

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HISD shows appreciation to custodial staff

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HISD wins five Telly Awards 

Videos on Read Houston Read and Superintendent Listen and Learn tour honored  With over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, HISD has been awarded with five Telly Awards for outstanding video production. The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials […]

Austin HS readying for construction of new school

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HISD celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, and this year, HISD is honoring the district’s Asian principals. Jonathan Trinh, Wisdom High School Jyoti Malhan, Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan Nirmol Lim, Park Place Elementary School John Hendrickson, Field Elementary School Chaolin Chang, […]