Archive: 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.

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.

Wraparound Needs

The student needs survey identifies key non-academic challenges students face across five domains: health, mental health, basic needs, home learning environment and enrichment activities.

The research is clear: We must do more to help bilingual students thrive

When English language proficiency is delayed among Houston-area students, a stark divide occurs. Today, the majority of English learners in Houston and across the state become “long-term English learners.” We now have an even clearer picture of what’s at stake and the need for early intervention. To borrow from the adage about the best time for planting trees: The best time to address the needs of English learners was years ago. The next best time is now.

Long-term English learners: How is timing of reclassification associated with middle and high school outcomes?

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.

Equity in CTE Program Availability and Access

This study examined the availability and access to Career and Technical Education programs in HISD.

Postsecondary Readiness

Postsecondary readiness broadly refers to how well students are prepared for education, employment or other pathways after high school.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner emphasizes funding for infrastructure, public education

Several hours after rescinding a nearly 40-hour boil water notice, Mayor Sylvester Turner had a timely example for why he thinks there is a clear need for infrastructure investment in Houston and throughout Texas.

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.

Problems with How Texas Measures Continuous Enrollment and Proposed Solutions: A Methodological Report

This report proposes alternative definitions for student continuous enrollment. It also looks at the relationship between continuous enrollment and performance.

Research Poster Gallery

Learn about current and ongoing research efforts by Houston Education Research Consortium and Houston Independent School District researchers.

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.

Study on Social and Emotional Skills

Data gathered from this global research effort will help identify factors that support the development of social and emotional skills in students ages 10 and 15, and will provide an international context for how students exhibit these skills in their home countries.

Prekindergarten

Research has long linked early childhood education to later academic success and suggested it may be a critical part of closing the persistent academic disparities between student groups.

Long-term English Learners

The Houston Education Research Consortium is conducting a long-term study of long-term English learners in Texas, with a particular focus on 10 Houston-area public school districts.