Houston ISD Wednesday announced it was exploring a new “Level 5” of autonomy for the best of its high schools which would allow them to set up partnerships…
Read more HISD: Will Some of Its Schools Get to Go Their Own Way? – Houston PressWhether you consider Michelle Williams a heroic whistleblower or a tedious extremist, she was due some respect Thursday night as she got up to address the board with…
Read more Column: HISD Terminates a Troublesome (to Them) Union Leader – Houston PressHouston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles improved on his performance rating from last year and is being awarded $173,660 in incentive pay for what he did in the 2024-25…
Read more Superintendent Mike Miles Gets a Bigtime BonusNever let it be said that Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles hesitates about the big stuff, especially when it leads to a crescendo ending at one of his…
Read more Superintendent Miles Pledges: Only A and B-rated Schools in HISD By August 2027A veteran head boys basketball coach and two assistant principals — all in the Houston ISD — were among five people charged with running a teacher certification cheating…
Read more Investigators Say a Teacher Certification Cheating Ring Headed Up By an HISD Coach Made More Than a Million DollarsIn the aftermath of a stabbing as Sterling High School and an increasing number of posts appearing on social media suggesting area schools are being targeted with bomb…
Read more HISD Security: Possible Ban on Cell Phones During a Lockdown and Metal Detectors?If half of the 2,600 teachers who left Houston ISD in June and July were rated in the bottom two proficiency categories by the district is this a…
Read more HISD Keeps Classroom Doors Open, Remains Mum on a 14-year-old’s Death and Builds the Teacher Force it Says it WantsEarlier this week, Houston ISD Superintendent F. Mike Miles released his version of school accountability ratings for all the HISD campuses. These aren’t the official Texas Education Agency…
Read more Op-ed: About those HISD School RatingsHouston ISD has released a few more details, including the child’s name. of the 14-year-old Marshall Middle School student who became ill during gym class last week and…
Read more Few Details Emerge in Case of 14-Year-Old HISD Student Who Died Last WeekAfter Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles asked for a moment of silence to recognize the Marshall Middle School student who died this week after a medical emergency, public…
Read more HISD Board Hears Another Round of Complaints About A/C, Buses, Landscaping, Libraries and the Bond IssueEighty two degrees. When Houston ISD classrooms hit that mark, that’s when the kids inside are moved to another area of a school, Superintendent Mike Miles said Tuesday.…
Read more HISD: Second Day and Counting Temps and Bus RoutesIn a last weekend push, Houston ISD got most of its students assigned to bus routes – 700 kids still didn’t know how they were getting to class…
Read more First Day of School For HISD and Let’s See How That Bus Route Consolidation WorksColor coordinated T-shirts, songs, more songs, choreography, marching bands and cheerleaders: Wednesday morning was a pull-out-all-the-stops event at Houston ISD’s Delmar Fieldhouse – a concept as big and…
Read more Unstoppable? HISD Students, Teachers and Superintendent Mike Miles?It’s crunch time now for parents, caregivers, students and teachers, as the first day of school is fast approaching. Harris County’s largest school district, Houston Independent School District,…
Read more No cell phones and other new policies shaking up school districts across Southeast TexasAt a hastily called Zoom meeting Tuesday afternoon, Houston ISD Chief of Public Affairs and Communications Alexandra “Alex” Elizondo answered 15 minutes of questions from the media during…
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Read more HISD Summer School Students Return to Classes Monday[ { “name”: “Related Stories / Support Us Combo”, “component”: “11591218”, “insertPoint”: “4”, “requiredCountToDisplay”: “4” },{ “name”: “Air – Billboard – Inline Content”, “component”: “11591214”, “insertPoint”: “2/3”, “requiredCountToDisplay”:…
Read more HISD Reports Significant Damage to its Schools, Some Still Without PowerDear Editor, We, the undersigned, are not career politicians. We are real parents of students in HISD. We are moms and dads. We are small business owners, administrators,…
Read more A Letter to the Editor From Herod Elementary Parents on Principal SelectionRoughly 70 parents and two dozen children gathered outside Crockett Elementary Monday morning to protest the administration’s decision to remove campus principal Dr. Alexis Clark Vale. Chants such…
Read more Crockett Elementary Parents and Students Call For Principal To StayEven though Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles said Thursday that end-of-the-year evaluations are still to be done, a discouraging number of HISD teachers, principals and support staff received…
Read more Spot Checks on HISD Teachers and Principals A Large Part of Non-Renewals Going on This Week
