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    January 25, 2012

    HISD Awards $35 Million to Schools for Student Achievements

    The Houston Independent School District on Tuesday handed out awards to teachers for student high scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test. The ASPIRE Award program is part of an ongoing effort to reward teachers for the success of their students. According to an HISD pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    HISD Test Scores Arrive With a Big But

    Let the spin begin​The news that Houston ISD's number of exemplary schools dropped from 101 in 2010 to 59 in 2011, according to the Texas Education Agency's figures just released at 1 p.m. today, could only add more fuel to the fire of critics who are certain Superintendent Terry Grier is dest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Apollo 20 Picks Up 11 Elementaries, But Not Without a Fight

    Board reluctantly endorses Grier's plan​It took three sets of votes, but in the end Houston ISD trustees in a 5-4 vote gave Superintendent Terry Grier the go-ahead on his proposal to expand the Apollo 20 program to 11 elementary schools next year. The debate was long, with passionate argument ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Chunks of Magnet Data MIA, HISD Parents Say

    HISD's magnet program: Proposed changes are always fun​According to documents passed out at today's Parent Visionaries Group meeting, Houston ISD's central office has increased its costs by about $9 million between the 2009-10 and the 2010-11 school years. The leader of the HISD parents group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Unidentified Man, Bayou Body Count No. 41

    ​Another body was found. There is not much info, just a few bare facts and loads of questions.On Saturday afternoon, a couple of guys were driving along the 100 block of Gulf Bank, just north of Highland Heights, when they spotted a man lying in a yard.Harris County deputies say the men pulled ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Today's HISD Honor Roll: 14 Campuses Searched, No Drug Arrests

    It's no longer news when an HISD teacher or employee gets nabbed by Druggy, the drug-sniffing dog. (At least that's we call him.)Which means it is news when no one gets arrested. And that's what happened today.Fourteen campuses searched, no arrests.That means a) Druggy has a stuffy nose; b) Even tho ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    Black Box Office

    Je'Caryous Johnson brings movie and TV stars to Houston. And chances are, you've never heard of him — unless you're African-American

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