Writing the Future: What Houston’s Education Community Sees Coming
“There are big changes with Texas legislation this year in terms of vouchers, funding, teacher certification requirements and potentially testing. I predict that we will see a decline in public school enrollment” Last year, I made our predictions about Houston’s public education landscape sitting in a quiet office, drawing from research and conversations with a […]
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 […]
The Promise and Precarity of Houston Starts in Our Schools: A Response to the 44th Kinder Houston Area Survey
Nearly half of Harris County residents can’t afford a $400 emergency. Just 1-in-5 public school graduates earn a living wage within six years of high school graduation. Those aren’t separate issues, they’re one story. And public education exists as integral to keeping that path to prosperity open. This week, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research […]
