Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2017 Results
36th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
REPORT:
DEMOGRAPHICS | EDUCATION
Body
Research
This report analyzes the impact of pre-kindergarten on school readiness using longitudinal data.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
Social Capital, Race, and Magnet School Attendance
This report looks at the interaction between race, social capital and magnet school attendance.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
College Advising Program: CSA Feedback
A collection of interviews with college advisers offers reflections and improvements for a program meant to get more students into post-secondary school.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
This report looks at the effect of specialized teacher training in math for students' academic performance.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2016 Results
35th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
REPORT:
DEMOGRAPHICS | EDUCATION
This report looks at the impact of 27 school closures in the Houston Independent School District between 2003 and 2010.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
The Effect of Rigorous Teacher Evaluations on Workforce Quality (Parts 1 and 2)
The two studies also looks at the impact of the initaitive on student achievement.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
Variation Across Schools in Disability Classifications Process, 2006-07 to 2011-12
This report examines the classification process for special education in the Houston Independent School District.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
This report looks at the effectiveness of interventions meant to combat negative stereotype threat in schools where students of color are the majority.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
An Evaluation of Matrices Used to Select Magnet School Students
This document evaluates the Houston Independent Schools District's scoring system for students applying to its magnet schools.
REPORT:
EDUCATION
EVAAS Value-Added Scores for Teachers with High Need Students
This brief looks at variation in teachers' value-added scores in relation to both the teachers and students as well as the scores of teachers at both low- and high-performing schools over time.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
Evaluating High School Dropout Indicators and Assessing Their Strength
This brief evaluates indicators for students at risk of dropping out of school.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
An Evaluation of the Secondary Reading Initiative
This report investigates an initiative intended to improve achievement on standardized tests for students who have struggled with reading.
BRIEF:
EDUCATION
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2015 Results
The 2015 Kinder Houston Area Survey tracks Harris County perspectives on the local economy, traffic and ethnic diversity.
REPORT:
DEMOGRAPHICS | EDUCATION
Urban Edge
10 in 2023: Top stories from the Urban Edge
Housing costs, the economy, increasing demands on income and concerns about the environment weighed on the minds of Urban Edge readers in 2023.
FEATURES:
DEMOGRAPHICS | EDUCATION | HOUSING
The Houston Independent School District bolstered its wraparound services with the opening of seven Sunrise Centers, which assist with a variety of noninstructional needs, including after-school care, clothing, enrichment activities, food, health care, school supplies and other resources.
FEATURES:
EDUCATION
When students change schools, how often is the cost of housing to blame?
Tens of thousands of students in the Houston area change schools during the school year or over the summer, which poses a variety of problems for academic achievement, according to the Kinder Institute’s Houston Education Research Consortium. In some cases, students are not moving schools for academic reasons, but because of housing needs — their families are facing eviction or in search of more affordable rent.
RECAP:
EDUCATION | HOUSING
Across Houston, career and technical education is working. But could it work better?
“Career and technical education,” or CTE, tends to conjure up the image of students receiving hands-on training in high-wage technical occupations such as welding or HVAC repair. These programs do indeed provide the skills and experience to succeed in such fields, but today’s CTE offerings go far beyond the vocational training of previous decades.
INSIGHTS:
EDUCATION
National report highlights the roles of education and research in undoing the cycle of poverty
Over 1 in 3 children born around 1980 in the U.S. who grew up in households with incomes near or below the poverty line remained in low-income households when they were in their 30s. This is intergenerational poverty, and it carries profound impacts on the ability of individuals, families and communities to prosper.
INSIGHTS:
EDUCATION | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
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