Ruth López Turley, a prolific education researcher, professor of sociology and director of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), has been selected as the next director of the university's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
The institute announces a new executive leadership team that will help implement a five-year expansion plan.
The two organizations will develop and share research aimed at deepening the community’s understanding of the challenges faced by Houstonians in need.
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In the summer of 2010, my husband and I drove over 1,000 miles to move to Houston with our 1-year-old and 3-year-old.
Not more than 20 minutes into our journey, our 3-year-old began asking, “Are we there yet?”
As the name of my new book of essays suggests, I have always believed that place and prosperity are deeply intertwined. A city or town probably won’t be prosperous unless it has lots of place amenities – things that draw people to the location like parks, good schools, restaurants and stores, cultural institutions, walkable neighborhoods. And a city or town probably can’t afford all those amenities unless it is prosperous.
