First-time voters are being celebrated during a special event Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Ripley House Neighborhood Center that is expected to draw dozens of HISD high school students and their parents. The Voter Education and Citizenship Celebration, sponsored in part by Univision 45 and Mi Familia Vota, will be held from 4 to 6 […]
WHAT: The Houston Independent School District is encouraging voters to head to the polls early and to cast their vote for every item on the ballot – from the first to the last. Starting Friday, Oct. 26 HISD is hosting live and digital events designed to celebrate first time voters and to educate the community […]
The Houston Independent School District announced a new collaboration today with the National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools program. The announcement was made during a press conference at Westside High School. The NWF has worked successfully for nearly 10 years with HISD with the goal of helping to close achievement gaps for disadvantaged students and to improve […]
Campus tours, open house, school choice fairs planned to help parents get in-depth look at various programs In observance of HISD’s Magnet Awareness Week (Nov. 5-9), the district is hosting two events for parents and students who wish to learn more about the district’s Magnet programs. The first, a Magnet Open House, will be […]
This spring’s Houston Independent School District graduates will receive $150,000 in scholarships from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Update, May 29, 2013: The Broad Foundation increased its scholarship giveaway to $165,000 in an effort to distribute more financial assistance to HISD students. The scholarships are a result of HISD being among the four national […]
HISD is one of four finalists for the largest education award in the nation The winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education—the most prestigious prize in public education— will be announced this morning at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. HISD is one of four finalists for the award, which recognizes […]
The wait is nearly over for the Houston Independent School District and the three other national finalists for the 2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education. On Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will announce the name of the school system that beat out […]
HISD still has openings for the 2012-2013 school year. We are looking for motivated teachers who are invested in making an impact on student achievement. $5000 incentives are currently available for teachers in critical shortage areas including: Bilingual (Spanish), Spanish, secondary math, secondary science, and special education areas such as Autism, Life skills, Preschool Program […]
Anyone looking to find out more about the school district’s proposed 2012 $1.89 billion bond proposal should come to one of Thursday’s “Community Conversations,” at Austin High School (1700 Dumble) or the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (4400 W. 18th Street). The sessions will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. and will include […]
HISD’s Curriculum Department hosted a Partnering with Parents to Prepare Students for Algebra workshop at Helms Elementary School recently, and nearly 90 parents attended the event, which was designed to help them learn some of the same instructional strategies used by HISD teachers to convey various mathematics concepts to their children.