The ABC’s of A-F: What Houston Families Need to Know About School Ratings
This week, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will release A-F Accountability Ratings for Texas public schools and districts for both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. For Houston families, these ratings provide crucial insight into how well local schools are preparing students for success beyond graduation—and ultimately, for earning a living wage in our community. […]
WEBINAR: Grades, Growth, and Gaps: Breaking down STAAR scores to reveal what’s working— and where we must do more — in Houston schools.
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores provide an important window into how well our schools are preparing students for the future. Good Reason Houston’s Data, Research, and Insights team will walk webinar participants through the latest STAAR results to uncover encouraging gains across the region, pinpoint areas that need more focus, and […]
What We Saw, What Comes Next: What Took Center Stage in Houston’s Public Education System
The defining story of this school year wasn’t happening in classrooms; it was happening to them. Politics, once a distant backdrop to the daily work of education, moved to center stage in ways impossible to ignore in Houston. “I’ve been in education for almost two decades, and for most of that time, politics felt like […]