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High School Education

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    HISD Has More Grads, Fewer Dropouts

    HISD​In a hurry-up afternoon press conference, Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier was able to say today that more of the district's students are graduating on time, fewer are dropping out -- and the improvements include every racial and ethnic student group. Grier was referring to data co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Terry Grier's AP Tests Could Also Stand for Auto Power

    Photo by Margaret DowningTerry Grier has a chart for success​In Greensboro, North Carolina, Terry Grier was known as that (crazy) guy who gave a car away every year.Grier, now slightly more than one year into his superintendency in Houston, used that dramatic, crowd-pleasing technique to up the nu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    HISD Gets Six High Schools On A National Magazine's "Best" List

    ​US News & World Report has put out its list of best high schools in the nation, and HISD is (deservedly) crowing that six of its schools have been named.(Should we mention that it took three tries for the HISD news office to get it right? No, that would be a cheap shot.) (Oops.)And the USNWRe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    All Is Not Sweetness And Light At Reagan High School -- UPDATED

    ​Further discussions of what organizers are calling "systemic illegal referrals of students to CEP/alternative disciplinary education on the basis of forged government documents" at Reagan High School will be just one of hot-button agenda items tonight at a suddenly called meeting of "over 100 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009
  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Best Buddies Get Together At St. Thomas

    Photo by Thomas RundleAlthough Robert doesn't speak except for the occasional drawn-out yes or no, he draws back his head covered in wispy white hair, his eyes light up and his mouth opens up in a gap-toothed grin expressing excitement. He lives in the Center, an assisted-living facility for people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Countdown To Championship Saturday: Hightower

    The Hightower High School football program fielded its first varsity team in 2000, but in just nine seasons, the school has graduated some great players -- two have played in the NFL -- and made the playoffs seven times.     This year, however, is the first time the team has adva ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Backlash Upon Backlash at HISD

    The uproar you hear is screaming parents

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    High School Photo Contest: Faces

    The uproar you hear is screaming parents

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    No Pressure. It's Just Texas High School Football.

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Adios, Adrian’s Burger Bar

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • News

    May 15, 2008

    College Immaterial for High School Students in Vocational Training

    Good paying jobs, no huge loan burdens, exciting course work — the new vo-tech attracts more and more hi-tech students

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    Cover Story: College Immaterial

    Good paying jobs, no huge loan burdens, exciting course work — the new vo-tech attracts more and more hi-tech students

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    MTV in Houston? YES

    Good paying jobs, no huge loan burdens, exciting course work — the new vo-tech attracts more and more hi-tech students

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    So Much for No Child Left Behind

    School test scores rise as more low-scoring students drop out.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Racists, Pranksters and Copy Cats in High School

    School test scores rise as more low-scoring students drop out.

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Tunnel Vision

    School test scores rise as more low-scoring students drop out.

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    Not Just for Text Messages

    Local high school students put their camera-phones to work

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Re: And They're Off...

    Local high school students put their camera-phones to work

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    And They're Off...

    Local high school students put their camera-phones to work

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    Pick Up the Phone

    Local high school students put their camera-phones to work

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    That's Game

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Play Ball

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2007

    At the Buzzer...

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2007

    Out With the Old and In With the New

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Push It

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Last Chance

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2007

    Hey, You with the Camera!

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    School Ranking 101

    Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students

  • Film

    December 21, 2006

    2006 Year In Review: It's Soooo High School

    And that's a compliment to Rian Johnson's teen detective noir

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Making the Call

    Broadcasting high school games, ESPN-style

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Opt In, Opt Out

    HISD continues to send students to CEP. Whether they go there, stay there or return successfully to their home school is anyone's guess.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Cut Short

    A model student-athlete unthinkingly brings a knife to school and ends up in jail, then expelled. Why one-size-fits-all discipline fails kids.

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Prom 2K6

    What do seniors really do on prom night? The Houston Press investigates

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Image of the Week

    Kathryn Svoboda

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Letter to the Editor

    Kathryn Svoboda

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Kathryn Svoboda

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    Methodology

    Kathryn Svoboda

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

    This week: Our first- through fifth-place finishers

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    The Also-Rans

    The schools who could have been contenders

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Methodology

    The schools who could have been contenders

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Houston's Best Public High Schools

    Counting down: Our sixth- through tenth-place finishers

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Guest Column: HISD's Ethnic Gap

    Stats show how district policies help whites with educational opportunities

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Wake-Up Call

    The TAKS field test results were so gawd-awful they may become a catalyst for good

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    But Who's Counting?

    Thousands of students disappear from our schools yearly, but the TEA insists they're not dropouts

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    Letters

    Scaling Green Mountain, Where Credit's Due, Horse-Whipped

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Credit Check

    Kids rack up university credits right there in high school. And their districts and colleges ring up ample revenues in the process. But are the students really learning?

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    IB or Not IB

    Parents and students fight to save Lamar High School's International Baccalaureate program. Administrators don't see a problem.

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    What's Wrong With Wheatley?

    It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Zoot Me Up!

    Joe Coleman, tailor to Houston's zoot suit culture, knows one thing for certain: Sometimes, clothes do make the man.

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