Teachers and students at HISD’s Attucks Middle School will soon be reaping the benefit of a new STEM-based partnership, thanks to the campus’ newly acquired status as a Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Academy. The school was designated a T-STEM Academy for the 2012–2013 school year by the Texas Education Agency, which means […]
Six Houston Independent School District students have been selected among the final group of National Merit Scholarship winners announced for 2012. A total of 26 HISD students were awarded National Merit Scholarships this year for undergraduate studies. Each student will receive a $2,500 award. Here are the recent winners. Jonas A. Actor – Carnegie Vanguard […]
The HISD Board of Education will meet on Tuesday to discuss details of a possible bond referendum that aims to address facility needs at schools in neighborhoods across the district. Forty-two schools across Houston, including 28 high schools, would be rebuilt, renovated, or renewed under a recommended bond package presented for the HISD Board of […]
Three members of Team HISD have been selected by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help in their efforts to dramatically increase the number of U.S. students who graduate from high school ready for college and careers. In mid July, the trio will join a select group of about 40 other teachers from around […]
What do you get when you take 26 eighth-graders, one middle school math teacher, and four hours of Algebra a day? MC Williams Middle School is hoping the equation equals success on the STAAR Algebra I End of Course exam. “All of our eighth-graders passed this year’s Algebra EOC, and we want the same success […]
Two more Houston Independent School District student experiments will soon be headed to space. The first experiments launched in May aboard the inaugural Space X Dragon commercial space flight and will return in July. Two other experiments are now being prepared for the mission to the International Space Station in September. Four HISD schools, E-STEM […]
All Houston ISD teachers will receive 2-percent pay raises under the district’s 2012-2013 budget that includes pay increases for all staff without increasing the property tax rate. The Houston Independent School District Board of Education adopted the budget Thursday on a unanimous vote. Trustees Lawrence Marshall, Harvin Moore, and Manuel Rodriguez Jr. were absent. In […]
Forty-two schools across Houston, including 24 high schools, would be rebuilt, renovated, or renewed under a recommended bond package presented for the HISD Board of Education’s consideration on Thursday. The board must decide by August whether to seek approval of the $1.89 billion proposal from Houston Independent School District voters during the Nov. 6 general […]
The Houston ISD Board of Education will meet Thursday, June 21, 2012 to consider adopting a $1.58 billion budget that addresses the loss of $47.1 million in state funding and provides staff pay raises without increasing the property tax rate. The Texas Legislature’s decision to cut public education funding by $5.4 billion statewide cost HISD […]
The HISD Board of Education will receive a report Thursday that updates the district’s long-term facilities plan and recommends several school construction and renovation projects that could be funded through a bond program. Thursday’s meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Board auditorium of the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (4400 West 18th […]