via: news92fm.com HISD will launch its Voter Registration Drive at all of the district’s high schools Thursday. According to information obtained by News 92 FM, the campus-based voter registration drive is serving as an effort to teach students the importance of voting and participating in the democratic process. HISD is slated to kick off the […]
In a meeting Thursday, the HISD Board voted for a reduction in its workforce. That reduction translates into the laying off over 60 teachers, 26…
News92fm.com is reporting that the Houston Independent School District and North Forest ISD have canceled all after-school programs Wednesday due to severe weather. Many parts of Houston have received heavy flooding, however the storm should clear out by early afternoon. Read More
Via: defendernetwork.com The HISD Foundation has partnered with United Way of Greater Houston to help purchase uniforms for the incoming classes of sixth and ninth grade students at the new Young Women’s and Young Men’s College Preparatory Academies. The girls’ school will be located in Third Ward, and the boys’ school in Fifth Ward. Both […]
Officials at HISD said only teachers who have been displaced will be allowed to apply for the positions until the freeze on hiring teachers is lifted.
HISD is in a tough spot. At stake, 200 million dollars from the state of Texas. It is money lost due to budget nightmares. Cuts are imminent, and last night, HISD hosted a meeting full of hundred of parents and students.
HOUSTON – As school districts across Texas brace for state budget cuts, thousands of senior teaching jobs are safe. At least for now. by Gabe Gutierrez / 11 News That’s because many of the most experienced teachers in Texas have “continuing contracts” – deals that were struck more than a decade ago to help retain […]
TSU a victory away from earning berth in title game By Ronnie Turner via:houstonchronicle Move over, Grambling State. Texas Southern is the new frontrunner in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division. TSU rallied from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit with 24 unanswered points, including the tie-breaking touchdown in overtime, en […]
Nine HISD students have been named as semifinalists for the 2011 National Achievement Scholarship Program. The students are among more than 1,600 African-American high school seniors nationwide.
Fifth-graders at select Houston ISD schools will get paid several hundred dollars this year for passing math tests — and their parents will earn
