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February 9, 2012
HISD Board Might Extend Terry Grier's Contract Tonight
Terry Grier's contract being discussedAre you ready for some more Terry Grier? Five Houston school board members are, and they are looking to extend the superintendent's contract for another year, to 2014. The move may come as early as tonight, although some are questioning whether doing so ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
HCC Board Finally Takes Some Action On Its Members' Ethics
Wrists are being slappedSeven freaking years ago our Josh Harkinson wrote about the board members of the Houston Community College System and their very relaxed attitude toward ethics and conflicts of interest and so on. HCCS pretty much closed up the ranks and did nothing much. Now it look ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
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January 14, 2011
Oh Brother Grier, Where Art Thou?
Photo by Margaret DowningTerry Grier: Wheatley parents complain about his absenceThursday's Houston ISD school board meeting was packed and a significant portion of the crowd included those who wanted to talk about the recent removal of Wheatley High School assistant principal Sandra James Wa ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
HISD Makes a Deal With the Chron (KTRU's Ghost Walks the Halls)
Special access for a former colleagueAt 4 p.m. today, the Houston ISD board will meet to review an independent audit of its magnet schools done by Magnet Schools of America. As Richard Connelly detailed in our report last week, there's a lot to be concerned about what with the report (still t ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
HISD Trustees Go For Guinness World Record in the Long-Winded Meetings Category
HISD: Lots of talk, no actionIf Houston ISD trustees really want to fulfill their promise of transparency, they need to start getting to the point a lot quicker in their meetings -- so that when they have something important to debate, more people are still there to hear it.Last night's meeting w ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
HISD's E-Rate Report is Out, Some Mysteries Remain
Tickets, trips, gifts to HISD board membersIt's debatable what's more amazing when reading over the Bracewell & Giuliani law firm's report on ethical violations in the so-called E-rate program by Houston ISD employees and their too-tempting IT vendors -- the stuff they can verify or the alleg ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Fast-Tracking Ch-ch-ch-anges at HISD
Photo by Margaret DowningDavid Bowie could have been singing in the background as HISD Superintendent Terry Grier demonstrated this morning why he's gained a reputation as a top administrator who doesn't wait around long before trying to institute changes.He reiterated at a Tuesday morning media ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
HISD Board Still Struggling With Stunning New Concept Of "Television"
Two years ago, we wrote about how HISD was having trouble with the seemingly simple task of televising their meetings on the cable channel they run.The district had long said their outdated headquarters building couldn't handle the logistics, which sounded shaky enough; after moving into a new build ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Roberts Elementary Teacher, Nabbed In Drug Sweep, May Get Fast-Track Reinstatement
Big props to the Chronicle's Ericka Mellon for, again, live-blogging a lengthy and often-tedious HISd board meeting. Since the district can't seem to wrap its arms around 20th-Century technology to broadcast these things, it's really an invaluable service.And from it we learned that board presid ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
At HISD, The Human Resources Department Is Now The "Department Of Human Talent" Department
The HISD board is having perhaps the most boring workshop ever this morning -- talking about Human Resources.Thank God Houston Chronicle education writer Ericka Mellon is there to blog it.She reports a momentous change in HISD policy: The Human Resources Department will henceforth be known as the De ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Carnegie Parents Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief -- For Now
Houston Press editor Margaret Downing wrote this week about the continuing turmoil in HISD over plans to consolidate schools, including the high-profile proposal to merge brainiac magnet Carnegie Vanguard with low-income Worthing High.Carnegie parents have been up in arms ever since superinten ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
HISD No Longer Looking To Kill All Busing To Magnets
Houston Press editor Margaret Downing wrote this week about the continuing turmoil in HISD over plans to consolidate schools, including the high-profile proposal to merge brainiac magnet Carnegie Vanguard with low-income Worthing High.Carnegie parents have been up in arms ever since superinten ... More >>

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HISD Board Might Extend Terry Grier's Contract Tonight

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HCC Board Finally Takes Some Action On Its Members' Ethics

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Playing Favorites

Blogs

Oh Brother Grier, Where Art Thou?

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HISD Makes a Deal With the Chron (KTRU's Ghost Walks the Halls)

Blogs

HISD Trustees Go For Guinness World Record in the Long-Winded Meetings Category

Blogs

HISD's E-Rate Report is Out, Some Mysteries Remain

Blogs

Fast-Tracking Ch-ch-ch-anges at HISD

Blogs

HISD Board Still Struggling With Stunning New Concept Of "Television"

Blogs

Roberts Elementary Teacher, Nabbed In Drug Sweep, May Get Fast-Track Reinstatement

Blogs

At HISD, The Human Resources Department Is Now The "Department Of Human Talent" Department

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Carnegie Parents Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief -- For Now

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HISD No Longer Looking To Kill All Busing To Magnets

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