Good Reason Houston Celebrates Bold Step Toward Elevating Teacher Excellence in Houston ISD

Houston ISD approves new teacher evaluation system that will include measures on student growth, rigorous evaluator certification process HOUSTON – March 20, 2025 – Houston ISD school board trustees unanimously approved the new teacher evaluation system during Thursday’s meeting. The system includes measures focused on student growth and a rigorous evaluator certification process to ensure […]
The Learning Curve Conversations: Unpacking the Teacher Workforce with Chad Aldeman

In the debut episode of The Learning Curve Conversations, Good Reason Houston’s Managing Director of Insights, Meron Tekle, sat down with education policy researcher and founder of Read Not Guess, Chad Aldeman, to discuss the complexities of the teacher workforce. Their conversation unpacked the realities behind teacher shortages, retention challenges, and ways to modernize the […]
Houston Loves Teachers, Houston Schools That Inspire Celebrate Educators with Coffee and Gratitude

Good Reason Houston’s Houston Loves Teachers and Houston Schools That Inspire campaigns brought a well-deserved coffee break to educators at Melillo Middle School (Pasadena ISD), Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology, Nitsch Elementary (Klein ISD), YES Prep Airline, and Farias Early Childhood Center. Partnering with Tom N Tom Mobile Coffee Truck, we showed appreciation […]