Houston's school superintendent is a no-show for a city council meeting about potential school closures. This raises questions about transparency and how decisions impacting students and communities are being made.
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Stable — consistent level of discussion. 3 mentions in the last 30 days, 8 the 60 before, 1 the 90 before that.
Potential grant funding to support juvenile justice programs.
At-risk youth and the community benefit from programs designed to keep youth in school and out of the justice system.
Parents, students, and entire neighborhoods are harmed by the lack of clear communication and the uncertainty surrounding school closures.
Houston ISD says students will get their services no matter what. This family says they still don't know if their daughter's classroom will be ready.
The district also is facing a federal civil rights investigation over its planned changes to special education services.
On Tuesday's show: We get the latest on rainy weather in the forecast and the potential for flooding. And we learn about a TEA investigation of HISD's plans to consolidate some special education services in the district.
Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on Thursday.
On Friday's show: HISD has approved Bible-infused curriculum for elementary school students and adopted a $2 billion budget. We get details on both. And our non-experts contemplate The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.
The State Board of Education will hold a final vote Friday on incorporating more Christian stories into classrooms and deemphasizing race and cultural diversity in history lessons.
The district is consolidating special education services for the 2026-27 school year, which has prompted a federal civil rights investigation.
A federal civil rights office just opened an investigation into HISD.
District leaders had recently confirmed they would consolidate students with disabilities into certain campuses beginning next school year.
After draft documents of the plan leaked and several outlets reported on the imminent changes, district leaders publicly confirmed plans to centralize special education services would begin next school year.
District leaders refuted the accuracy of internal planning documents that were recently leaked online, but acknowledged they plan to consolidate special education students and services next year, according to a parent who attended an...
The See to Succeed program, in partnership with the Houston Health Department, provides essential eye exams and glasses to students, aiming to remove vision barriers to learning.
HISD Superintendent Mike Miles declines to appear before Houston city council ahead of closure vote Houston Chronicle
The city will apply for a state grant to fund a juvenile case manager program aimed at preventing truancy and addressing juvenile justice issues.
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