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High School Education

  • News

    April 19, 2012

    Two Blocks, Two Worlds

    1940 Census data for two Houston streets.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Houston in 1940: One Block in the Museum District & One in the Third Ward, According to Newly Released Census Data

    Census data becomes open to the public after 72 years, so the U.S. government has just released the 1940 census for perusal. That's the good news. The bad news is the data is put together in a maddeningly frustrating way. You can't look up individuals by name, only by address. The handwriting can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    DPS: The Mexican Drug Cartels Are Coming After Texas High Schoolers

    They're coming for your high schoolers.​The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a warning today to state residents that didn't sound at all alarming; it just mentioned that "the Mexican Cartels are Recruiting Texas High School Students." Yes, those innocent kids you blithely send off to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    OMFG! Alief Taylor High Students Ditch School and Score a Killer Prom!

    ​For the second year in a row, Alief Taylor High School students are totally going to have a sick prom. All the school had to do was make students ditch their schoolwork and 86 part of their spring break to stuff the virtual ballot box. The public high school, an approximately 2,750-student i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Nicknaming the Inner Loop Kroger Stores

    Matthew RutledgePosh Kroger is richer than you are.​Kroger grocery stores have a long and storied history in the city of Houston. I worked at one myself when I was in high school. Over the years, they have grown and changed and these changes have led people to give them nicknames. After a fru ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    National Group Accuses HISD Of Not Treating Girls' Sports Equally

    HISD taken to task​The National Women's Law Center has filed complaints against the Houston school district and 11 others across the nation, claiming the entities violate Title IX by failing to fund and treat girls' sports equally to boys'. "These complaints, which are based on the schools' o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Terry Grier is Looking for a Few Good (Young, Non-White) Men

    AP tests: Teachers better get results​Acknowledging that "with guys it's sometimes not cool to be smart," Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier said the district is particularly short of "non-white males" among the ranks of those taking Advanced Placement tests.HISD has been on a push for years, ... More >>

  • News

    August 19, 2010

    Battle of the Bands

    Kids march towards a better future.Fighting declining interest and funding woes, two HISD high schools offer kids an oom pah pah way to better futures

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    HISD Kicks Off Its Apollo 20 Program For Troubled Schools

    Photos by Christopher Patronella, Jr.HISD's Terry Grier with a student at an Apollo 20 school​As if surrendering your long, lazy summer to the start of another tedious school year is not hard enough, students from five HISD middle schools and four high schools are making that plunge an entire week ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 3, 2010

    SPECIAL HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATION EDITION

    Photos by Christopher Patronella, Jr.HISD's Terry Grier with a student at an Apollo 20 school​As if surrendering your long, lazy summer to the start of another tedious school year is not hard enough, students from five HISD middle schools and four high schools are making that plunge an entire week ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Third Ward High

    The 2010 Yates championship team proved nobody does it better.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Good-Bye, Regional HISD Officers: It's Reorg Time

    Photo courtesy HISD​Houston school superintendent Terry Grier has said he's been a little baffled by the way the district organizes the top ranks of its bureaucracy by geography.Regional superintendents, he believes, are redundant. So today he's announced the new way of doing things, with three ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Student Culinary Competition: "When Flipping Burgers Just Isn't Enough"

    Dallas was recently the host for the student culinary competition in that region.​Students armed with knives are set to meet at Westside High School on February 20. Local school districts know all about it and are doing absolutely nothing to stop it. At issue: Knife skills: who can chop, ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Computer Driven

    The new HISD credit recovery program matches students with a software program and a coach to get them fast-tracked to graduation.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    If Katy Actually Faced Cinco Ranch In The Playoffs, Who Would Win?

    Photo by Paul Knight​Here at Hair Balls, we seem to talk a lot about Katy High School football, even though we try not to. When the high school playoffs started this year, we really wanted to cheer for Galveston Ball, and we thought The Woodlands and Hightower High School would surely go deep in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    SAT Scores Ain't Getting Much Better In Texas Or Anywhere

    ​For U.S. kids who are tested more than any previous generation, it just doesn't seem like we're getting the hang of it. SAT scores for the class of 2009 were released today and like the ACT scores released earlier this month they didn't bring particularly happy news for Texas as for the most ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009
  • Film

    April 16, 2009

    17 Again Is Less Than Zero

    Zac Efron should stick to musicals.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Austin School District Plans To Board The CEP Train To Nowhere

    It looks like Austin ISD is ready to take the Houston ISD route and dump some of its troubled kids into the hands of Community Education Partners, the for-profit operator of alternative schools throughout the country. CEP operates two facilities here in Houston and as we've noted before, seems to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Cy-Creek High School Needs Musicians for Career Day

    Gabriel Cutasi/ pokerdoodle.comAttention local musicians: Would you like to pass along some of your hard-earned knowledge to the younger generation? And, in doing so, perhaps keep a few lucky high-schoolers from selling their souls to the Man? If so, even if you don't actually make a ful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Countdown To Championship Saturday: Calm In Katy

    Hair Balls learned there would be a little hoopla in Katy last night, as the team and town geared up for Saturday's state championship game, so we went there expecting to see bonfires lining the streets with the band, drill team and cheerleaders marching down Stadium Lane. We were wrong, and accordi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    College Tuition In Texas Just Keeps Going Up

    Hair Balls learned there would be a little hoopla in Katy last night, as the team and town geared up for Saturday's state championship game, so we went there expecting to see bonfires lining the streets with the band, drill team and cheerleaders marching down Stadium Lane. We were wrong, and accordi ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    Face Off

    The Houston Press high school photo contest enters its sophomore year

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    High School Photo Contest Winners: 2007 - 2008

    The Houston Press high school photo contest enters its sophomore year

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    Mexican-American Culture

    Special Back-to-School Edición

  • Film

    August 16, 2007

    Superbad

    Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    This Week in Café: Antonio's Flying Pizza

    Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    This Week in Café: Antonio's Flying Pizza

    Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Tidal Wave

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    Drying Up

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2007

    All Wet

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2007

    Camera-phone Frenzy

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Jock Shots

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2007

    Let the Voting Begin!

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    An outstanding selection of high school photos makes judging extra tough this month

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    School's Out

    Dallas outshines Houston when one magazine rates education

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Landmark

    Dallas outshines Houston when one magazine rates education

  • Film

    April 22, 2004

    Big Deal

    A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity

  • Music

    October 23, 2003

    The New Constitution/Stroller

    On 4 (Audello) / Six Inches off the Ground (Compadre)

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003
  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002
  • News

    May 30, 2002

    A Fixer-Upper

    Jones High needs a lot of renovation -- and not just the buildings. At least HISD can't pretend it doesn't know it has a problem. Its own task force told it so.

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2001

    Not Acting Their Age

    High schoolers and professionals come together on one stage

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Pipeline to the Pros

    One of the straightest paths to the NBA begins on the summer hoops circuit. All the kids have to do in return is wear the right shoes.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Going Public

    Everybody knows that HISD is supposed to be second-rate. So why are private school kids defecting back to the district that nobody wanted?

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Learning Curves

    Charter school scandals are teaching Texas a hard lesson -- one the state should have known fouryears and $77 million ago

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    (Pay)checks and (Im)balances

    Fat starting salaries! Hefty raises! HISD says its administrators deserve them.

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Power to the Principal

    At Madison High, Principal Warner Ervin's word is law. Teachers say that's the problem.

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Grassroots Activism

    A militant lesbian group appoints itself the lawn ranger

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