Education
A Polk County elementary teacher is under fire after a video surfaced showing her leading students in a supposedly “funny” birthday ditty that included the lines, “You live in a zoo — you look like a monkey, and you smell like one too,” sung to a 6-year-old Black kindergartner, according to the child’s mother. The […]
Houston’s airwaves and social feeds are on fire after a woman’s viral rant claimed, in no uncertain terms, “Nobody under 40 should be teaching high school.” Her argument? Younger teachers are still too close in mindset to the teens they’re supposed to supervise—and it’s turning classroom authority on its head. “Y’all are too young to […]
Reading and math scores among high school students are dropping to the lowest levels in decades. Data from the National Assessment of Education Progress found that 12th grade reading scores dropped to the lowest in the history of the exam, which began in 1992, while math scores for the same age group declined to the […]
A new documentary, “The Price of Excellence,” in collaboration with U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams, delves into the history of underfunded Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the need to protect them. HBCUs have been underfunded for decades, with unequal treatment and funding compared to non-HBCU institutions. The Biden administration highlighted the owed funding to […]
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Two Houston high schools, Carnegie Vanguard High School and DeBakey High School for Health Professions, have been ranked among the best high schools in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report. The rankings are based on factors such as college readiness, curriculum breadth, and graduation rates. Carnegie Vanguard High School is ranked 42nd nationally […]
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is partnering with METRO to offer free bus rides to qualifying high school students, with about 800 students signed up so far. Despite budget cuts, Earlier this year, HISD announced the collaboration to provide free rides for students in grades nine through 12 who live more than two miles […]
According to Community Impact, A new music-and-arts-focused charter school, the Frank Liu Jr. Academy for Music & Arts, is set to open in Houston for the 2026-27 school year. The school will serve Pre-K through 8th grade students and will be located in a historic coffee plant in Second Ward. The campus will feature music […]
As the new school year approaches in Houston, many school districts are preparing for changes due to a new Texas law banning cell phone use for students in grades K-12 during school hours. The law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in June, allows districts to decide on cellphone use during extracurricular activities and storage options […]
Texas just hit the streets with a controversial new law that’s got people talking—especially those who care about our youth.House Bill 6, recently signed into law, now gives schools more power to suspend homeless students for what they call “disruptive behavior.” Back in 2019, Texas passed a law that protected homeless kids from being kicked […]
A high school in Ohio is making history as the first school in the nation to receive a decommissioned Air Force Thunderbird Jet. The Union Local Afterburners petitioned to obtain the jet, and it received Air Force approval in 2021. The retired F-16 will now be transported to Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, where […]
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