The Houston-area district will try to maintain significant academic gains at the schools while ending large investments in the campuses.
Angelica Perez
Angelica Perez is a general assignment reporter on the Landing's education team. Her role primarily involves covering education news in five local school districts, helping families advocate for their child in school, and engaging with communities to increase readership and viewership of the Landing's work. Angelica previously served as a civic engagement reporter at the Landing, writing explainers and guides that helped empower Houstonians. A Houston native, Angelica previously worked at the Dallas Morning News as a breaking news intern. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she studied journalism and served as editor in chief of the student newspaper, The Shorthorn. In her free time, Angelica can be found spending time with her family, traveling to new places, or reading a good book.
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Do school closures help students and school districts? Here’s what the research shows.
Amid local enrollment declines and school closure talks, limited studies have found students typically learn at similar or worse rates when campuses close.
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Q&A: How Aldine ISD’s new food pantry helps homeless families in need
Efrain Uribe details the challenges and benefits of getting an emergency pantry set up for vulnerable students in the Houston-area district.
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‘Coach in the moment’: HISD tasks more assistant principals with teaching the teachers
Houston ISD leaders have hired an extra 175 assistant principals to coach teachers in the classroom more, district data show.
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Answer Key: How do Texas teacher salaries compare to other states?
Houston Community College, Lone Star College and San Jacinto College all offer programs that help students afford costs beyond tuition and fees.
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HISD board approves new teacher evaluation system ahead of pay-for-performance plan
Houston ISD’s 11,000 teachers will be largely judged based on classroom observations by evaluators and student growth on various tests.
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Houston lawyer, HCDE Trustee Eric Dick arrested on misdemeanor assault charge
The arrest adds to the legal and ethical issues for Dick, who also faces misdemeanor charges in Hawaii and recently avoided a censure by the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees.
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Answer Key: How much money could Texas public schools lose from vouchers? Here’s what we know.
Public schools stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars if private school vouchers pass, though the exact effect remains unclear.
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Answer Key: What should parents know about their local school board and its members?
ducation and schools in Greater Houston. If you have a question for us to answer, please email us at education@houstonlanding.org or fill out the form at the end of this article. This week’s question: How are school board members selected and who keeps them accountable? On Feb. 25, Aldine ISD’s school board voted to close […]
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Q&A: How two sisters are helping educators, parents and students navigate the immigration process
The sisters founded ImmSchools, a non-profit organization focused on providing educators and families support when navigating immigration issues at the K-12 level.