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Research
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2023 Results
The 42nd Kinder Houston Area Survey provides a glimpse into how Houstonians are thinking about the economy, affordable housing, inequality, and other critical challenges and issues facing their communities.
REPORT: May 15, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION | PLACEMAKING
Social and Emotional Skills of Students in the Houston Independent School District (Briefs 2-5)
This series of briefs looks at how social and emotional skills are related to academic outcomes, absenteeism, and exclusionary discipline; the context of SSES skills; and the commonalities and differences between students’ self-ratings and teachers’ ratings of students’ SE skills.
BRIEF: January 31, 2023 EDUCATION
This brief examines the middle and high school outcomes of long-term English speakers in the Houston region, with a specific focus on how the timing of reclassification was associated with academic achievement and school engagement.
BRIEF: December 7, 2022 EDUCATION
Equity in CTE Program Availability and Access
This study examined the availability and access to Career and Technical Education programs in HISD.
BRIEF: December 2, 2022 EDUCATION
HISD Student Needs Survey: Fall 2021
HISD's 2021 student needs survey measured student needs across five categories: health, mental health, basic needs, home learning environment, and enrichment activities.
BRIEF: November 15, 2022 EDUCATION
This report proposes alternative definitions for student continuous enrollment. It also looks at the relationship between continuous enrollment and performance.
REPORT: September 27, 2022 EDUCATION
Pre-K Choice and School Readiness in HISD (Part 4)
This brief serves as the fourth, and final, study in a series examining pre-K access for students in HISD.
BRIEF: August 2, 2022 EDUCATION
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2022 Results
The 41st Kinder Houston Area Survey shares Houstonians’ views on the economy, crime, the pandemic and other issues related to the city’s demographic transformations.
REPORT: May 17, 2022 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
This research brief examines student, campus, and neighborhood characteristics that can be considered risk or protective factors for the likelihood of an English learner (EL) becoming an LTEL (long-term English learner).
BRIEF: April 27, 2022 EDUCATION
Student Mobility in Texas and the Houston Area
This report is the culmination of a multi-year study on student mobility undertaken by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Houston Education Research Consortium in collaboration with 10 public school districts in the Houston area.
REPORT: January 4, 2022 EDUCATION
The Relationship Between School-Year Mobility and School Performance in the Houston Area
A study of 10 public school districts in the Houston area found that the higher the school-year mobility rate at a school, the lower its accountability performance.
BRIEF: December 1, 2021 EDUCATION
Consistency in Campus Student Mobility Predicting Campus Mobility at Houston Area Public Schools
This brief relays findings on how campuses’ student body characteristics, neighborhood features, campus attributes, and nearby alternative schooling options influence campus mobility rates.
BRIEF: November 17, 2021 EDUCATION
Tens of thousands of students in the Houston area switched schools during the school year annually. This study examined what this mobility meant for students’ performance on state accountability tests, high school grade retention, high school dropout, and high school graduation.
BRIEF: November 9, 2021 EDUCATION
School Suspension and Juvenile Justice Contact in the Houston Independent School District
This two-part study seeks to understand the relationship between school suspensions and juvenile justice contact in the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
BRIEF: October 26, 2021 EDUCATION
Student Mobility Leaving Districts in the Houston Area: Where do students go? And do they return?
This study highlights the unique patterns of student mobility and the returner phenomenon in 10 Houston-area school districts.
BRIEF: October 21, 2021 EDUCATION
Urban Edge
Education leader Ruth Simmons ponders what's next for diversity, equity and inclusion
With publicly-funded state universities eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion as part of the hiring process, and proposed legislation targeted at other DEI policies in higher education, private institutions have an opportunity—and an obligation—to respond, Ruth J. Simmons said at the Kinder Institute Forum on Wednesday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
FEATURES: April 16, 2023 EDUCATION
Researchers make the case for broader investments in high-quality pre-K in Texas
A high-quality prekindergarten education can significantly alter the trajectory of a child’s life, leaders from the Kinder Institute’s Houston Education Research Consortium told community members last week at a special presentation at the United Way of Greater Houston campus.
FEATURES: April 10, 2023 EDUCATION
As evictions reach historic levels in Harris County, families in Houston ISD are bearing the brunt
On March 6, nine days before the Texas Education Agency confirmed its plans to take over the Houston Independent School District, officials received a presentation from researchers at Princeton University about a dilemma confronting families and students in the district: evictions.
INSIGHTS: March 21, 2023 EDUCATION | HOUSING
State takeovers of school districts do not work. But there is something else that might
This week, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner warned that the state of Texas intends to take over Houston Independent School District as early as next week. As researchers who study education — and particularly education in Houston — we were asked: What would that mean for students?
PERSPECTIVE: March 5, 2023 EDUCATION
When it comes to education outcomes, we get what we pay for
A lack of investment in education is holding back students in Houston and Texas, particularly those experiencing socioeconomic challenges, Kinder Institute Director Ruth N. López Turley said on Tuesday.
FEATURES: February 24, 2023 EDUCATION
Events
Kinder Institute Forum: Robert L. Santos
Robert L. Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will share his experience in survey research, statistical design and analysis, and executive-level management.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: November 9, 2023 DEMOGRAPHICS | EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Luncheon 2023
The annual luncheon brings together hundreds of business, nonprofit and community leaders to learn about the leading issues facing our community and country.
LUNCHEON: May 15, 2023 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Forum: Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons, a leading voice in higher education, will be in conversation with Ruth N. López Turley, director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: April 13, 2023 EDUCATION
Setting Kids up for Success: Supporting Early Education in the Houston Region
Join the Kinder Institute's Houston Education Research Consortium for a conversation highlighting recent pre-K research.
EDUCATION RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT SERIES: April 3, 2023 EDUCATION
Understanding and Addressing Student and Family Need in HISD
During this event, findings from a recent survey of HISD student and family needs will be shared. Breakout sessions will be organized around a series of key areas of need in the district, such as health, housing, basic needs, and extracurricular supports.
EDUCATION RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT SERIES: January 24, 2023 EDUCATION
Learn about current and ongoing research efforts by Houston Education Research Consortium and Houston Independent School District researchers.
RESEARCH: September 9, 2022 EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Luncheon 2022
After two years of virtual events, the 2022 Kinder Institute Luncheon will once again be one of Houston’s most insightful gatherings of business and community leaders!
LUNCHEON: May 17, 2022 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
Houston Education Research Consortium shares results from the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills. A panel discusses the study’s local and international implications.
RESEARCH: December 14, 2021 EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Lunch-Out 2021
The Kinder Institute held its 2021 annual luncheon on Tuesday, May 11 as a virtual Lunch-Out. Guests from Houston and around the world gathered online to hear Stephen Klineberg and other institute leaders share the findings from the 40th Kinder Houston Area Survey, and discuss key aspects of the institute’s transformative efforts in response to the challenges of the pandemic.
LUNCHEON: May 11, 2021 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
Urban Reads: Rucker C. Johnson
Acclaimed economist Rucker C. Johnson discusses his new book, "Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works."
URBAN READS: October 29, 2020 EDUCATION
Urban Reads: Stephen L. Klineberg
Kinder Institute Founding Director Stephen Klineberg talks with Director Bill Fulton about his new book, which tracks the progress of Houston during almost four decades of remarkable economic, demographic and technological change.
URBAN READS: June 3, 2020 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Lunch-Out 2020
Stephen Klineberg presents the findings from the 39th Kinder Houston Area Survey. The event also honors Rev. William A. Lawson with the 2020 Stephen L. Klineberg Award for more than 60 years of service to Houston and its people.
LUNCHEON: May 18, 2020 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
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.
LUNCHEON: May 13, 2019 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
Kinder Institute Forum: Richard Rothstein
Richard Rothstein, an accomplished scholar of education and housing policy and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, discusses how laws and policies at the federal, state and local levels have promoted and enforced the residential racial segregation that exists today.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: February 14, 2019 EDUCATION | HOUSING
Kinder Institute Luncheon 2018
Stephen Klineberg presented the 37th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, which tracked not only the transformations of our great city, but also how residents' views changed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. This year's event honored Angela Blanchard, long-time leader of BakerRipley,
LUNCHEON: April 23, 2018 DEMOGRAPHICS | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION
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6100 Main Street, Suite 305
Houston, TX 77005-1892