Education

Finishing What My Parents Started: College Aspirations among EMERGE Students

This brief describes findings from interviews with high-performing high school sophomores from low-socioeconomic backgrounds who applied and were accepted into EMERGE during spring 2018, before any exposure to EMERGE programming. The goal of this study was to understand how students develop college aspirations and search for postsecondary institutions.

Availability of and Equity in Access to HISD Pre-K Programs (Part 1)

This study attempts to identify the spatial distribution of HISD pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs across the district and better understand how program location may be associated with access and equity issues.

The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes

This study analyzes the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas high schools and which school characteristics are associated with higher and lower numbers of college prep course offerings

The Effects of HISD Summer School

This study provides an assessment of the effectiveness of Houston ISD 2016 summer school, which the district offered both to retained students (which was required and needed for promotion) as well as promoted students (which was not required but available for summer enrichment).

Which HISD locations will expand full-day pre-K

Research shows pre-K can have meaningful impacts on school readiness and future outcomes.

Community Bridges fellows study urban inequality inside and outside the classroom

For students at Rice University, the Community Bridges program offers the students an opportunity to connect with Houston’s broader social and economic diversity through internships and coursework in urban inequality.

Even with new funding, pre-K still isn't the norm in Texas

In May, the Texas House and Senate approved HB-3, which provides around $11.6 billion in funding for public schools.

Eight new or recently renovated public libraries to love

Not just beautiful, public libraries are dynamic components of our urban landscapes.

Houston is the best city in Texas for people without college degrees to find a good job, report finds

Houston is notorious for being a place of opportunity for all, but according to a new report, the Bayou City is ranked right in the middle in the nation when it comes to employment opportunities for sub-baccalaureate workers. 

Black and Hispanic respondents of new survey value education more than their white counterparts

The Kinder Houston Area Survey shows more people believe schools need more money to provide quality education.

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2019 Results

Through 38 years of Houston surveys, KHAS has tracked responses to the economic and demographic transformations of the Bayou City.

Kinder Institute Luncheon 2019

The 2019 Kinder Institute luncheon gathered thousands of Houston’s business, nonprofit and community leaders to hear Stephen Klineberg present the findings from the 38th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey. The event also honored Jeff Hines, president and CEO of Hines.

More Houston residents long to close the inequality gap, improve schools, have more interethnic relationships and accept immigrants, survey shows

For 38 years, Rice University's Kinder Houston Area Survey has tracked the social changes and political perspectives of Bayou City residents.

Texas Senate approves school finance reform bill but opts not to fund it with a sales tax hike

Via The Texas Tribune: The chambers will need to negotiate how to give teachers pay raises, whether to adjust how students take standardized tests and how to provide long-term property tax relief for Texans.

HERC report aims to help Texas achieve its 60x30 goal

After following Texas eighth-graders for twelve years after their high school graduation, the Houston Education Research Consortium found that 29 percent of Texas graduates get post-secondary degrees.