Urban Edge

Stories, perspectives and insights from the Kinder Institute

The Texas Demographic Revolution: Why Education Matters More Today Than Ever Before

During most of the last century, Texans didn’t need much education to strike it rich. That's changed.

Weekly Roundup: A Plausible Alternative To High School Suspensions

Historically, when a student acted out in school, he'd faced suspension. Today that's no longer the case, with more districts instead experimenting with 'restorative justice.'

What Downtown Plano’s Rebirth Can Teach Other Mid-Sized Cities

Things are going well for downtown Plano.

Now Hiring: Houston METRO Looks to Add Urban Designer

A year after redesigning its routes, Houston METRO is continuing to shake things up as it looks to add an urban designer to its executive office.

Suburban Sprawl and Poor Preparation Worsened Flood Damage in Louisiana

Craig E. Colten | September 6, 2016 If there is one lesson we have learned about floods, it is that records are made to be broken.

Weekly Roundup: The Air We Breathe (When We're in Our Cars)

Think you're safe from pollution when you're inside your car with the windows rolled up? Think again.

Census Finds Houston Ranks High for Minority Entrepreneurs

Houston outranks Austin, despite the latter's reputation as a startup hub.

The Most Economically Segregated School District Boundaries in the Country

A new study shows the majority of income segregation is happening between, not within, school districts.

In Houston, Muslim Community Enjoying a Surprising Source of Growth: Latinos

A Houston organization just opened the city's only Spanish-language mosque as part of an effort to tap into the 10 percent of U.S.-born Muslims who are Hispanic.

Weekly Roundup: How Welfare Reform Changed the Nation

Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law. Though fewer people are on welfare today, the reforms haven't saved the federal government money, and poverty is higher than it was 20 years ago, according to Washington Post analysis.