Education

Urban Review: Teacher Housing, Neighborhood Effects and Why Vision Zero Is A Climate Plan

This week, the durability of neighborhood inequality, the importance of reducing traffic deaths for addressing climate change and more.

Did Texas Break The Law When It Spent Less on Students with Disabilities?

Texas Tribune | Texas will argue Wednesday at a federal appeals court that its decision to decrease special education funding several years ago did not violate federal law.

New Research Sheds Light on the Implementation and Impact of Decentralization in Houston School District

Adopted decades ago, the model was called into question recently. New research begins to answer those questions.

Urban Review: Pizza and Potholes, The School Voucher Families Really Need and More

This week, scenes from Florence's devastation, how mayors responded to a pizza chain publicity stunt, research on expanded school lunch program and the school voucher families really need.

How to Help the Highest-Need Student Loan Borrowers

A new Urban Institute report sheds light on who's most likely to default on student loans, and possible ways to help them.

Urban Review: Parks versus People, Prenatal Care in Texas and School to Prison Research

This week's roundup covers a new analysis of maternal risk factors across Texas, asks whether big park projects and the communities around them can get along, looks at law enforcement referrals in schools after high-profile shootings and even a Drake reference.

Urban Review: Houston's Housing Recovery Plan, Defining the South and Getting More Students Into Rigorous Classes

This week, Houston releases its plan for housing recovery dollars after Harvey, a bill in South Carolina aims to get overlooked low-income students into challenging, college-track courses and one writer asks, where is the South anyway?

Schools Still Feeling the Effects of Harvey

Missed school days, damaged schools and panic every time it rains were just some of the challenges educators faced after the storm.

When It Comes to Per Student Spending and State Funding, Houston and Other Large Texas School Districts Below National Average

Of the 21 largest school districts in Texas, none matched the national average for per student spending.

HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 2: Principal Survey)

This research brief looks at HISD principal attitudes and satisfaction within the current decentralized model.

Newly Released Data Show School Discipline Disparities

Both nationally and locally, newly released data reveal disciplinary disparities, as well as other gaps.

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,

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2018 Results

37th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey

Increasing Public Support for More Education Funding

And support for pre-K funding was particularly high, according to the latest survey.

Texas Education Officials Promise Focus on Math, Reading After "Lagging" Report Card

Texas Tribune | National exam results show Texas and the nation stagnating in academic achievement for elementary and middle school students. Experts have different takes on what state education officials should do to fix it.