Strategies for Increasing Access to HISD Pre-K Programs (Part 2)
This is the second in a series of briefs examining student access to Houston ISD pre-kindergarten programs. The study finds that among 2018-19 kindergarteners in HISD who did not attend HISD pre-k, about two-thirds of students likely qualified for enrollment.
In this research brief, we focus on the profiles of the 2016-2017 cohort of EMERGE applicants.
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).
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.
Harris County’s College Advising Needs
This Houston Education Research Consortium report assesses college advising needs in Pasadena, Galena Park, Sheldon, Humble, Aldine, Cypress-Fairbanks, Spring Branch, Alief and Katy ISD.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 4: Funding)
This brief addresses Houston ISD's decentralization funding and is the final part of a larger study about HISD's decentralization.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 3: Decentralization and Student Achievement)
This brief provides evidence on the relationship between HISD's decentralization reforms and student achievement.
Researchers found arts-learning experiences benefit students in terms of reductions in disciplinary infractions, increases in compassion for others and improvements in writing achievement.
Tracking Eighth-Graders' Postsecondary Outcomes in Harris County
Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) used the Houston Community Data Connections platform to track hundreds of thousands of Houston-area students' educational and professional careers for 17 years.
Predictors of School Discipline
This study examines the likelihood that a student will receive a school disciplinary action, such as in-school or out-of-school suspension.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 2: Principal Survey)
This research brief looks at HISD principal attitudes and satisfaction within the current decentralized model.
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2018 Results
37th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
New research highlights potential responses to student homelessness caused by natural disasters
Hurricane Harvey rendered some 24,000 students in Houston Independent School District to be listed as homeless. The storm brought the district's overall total to more than 29,000 homeless students in the subsequent year, according to new research from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium.
Guidance counselors could help close gender gap in Texas high school STEM participation
In the labor force and in postsecondary education, women lag behind their male counterparts when it comes to careers and interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Leading education scholar points to research-practice partnerships as a remedy to inequality
With a broad mission of supporting research to improve the lives of young people, William T. Grant Foundation President Adam Gamoran understands his organization has a distinctive niche.
More options in career and technical education can bolster Houston’s workforce
School districts throughout the Houston area offer students a plethora of career and technical education (CTE) programs, but a lack of alignment between such initiatives and the living-wage job market can significantly impact career trajectories and future earnings.
Who are Houston’s newcomer students, and how can schools help them succeed?
When immigrant children and teens enter the United States, the transition can be overwhelming.
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