From Awareness to Action: Our Key Insights about Pre-K Enrollment
From our earliest days as an organization, Good Reason Houston has supported pre-K access and quality across the region. To improve public pre-K and expand pre-K partnerships throughout Houston, we have launched Pre-K Houston (a regional pre-K enrollment campaign and platform) and provided direct services to districts through TEA grants and fee-for-service models This work […]
Top Performing Students Have One Thing in Common: They Show Up
When students attend school, it improves their long-term outcomes. Recently, the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) found that students who attended pre-kindergarden were less likely to be chronically absent in early elementary school and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) research found that low attendance is a key predictor of academic challenges and high school […]
Good Reason Houston advocates for high-impact public school funding during legislative testimony
Good Reason Houston spoke to state legislators Monday to advocate for high-impact public school funding. Trista Bishop-Watt, Good Reason Houston’s director of government relations, testified before the Texas Senate Finance Committee emphasizing the need for strong public school systems to ensure every child has access to a high-quality education that prepares them for success. During […]
