Houston ISD’s youngest learners likely would see major upgrades to their elementary schools under a November bond aimed at updating outdated facilities.
Asher Lehrer-Small
Asher Lehrer-Small is a K-12 education reporter for the Houston Landing. He previously spent three years covering schools for The 74 where he was recognized by the Education Writers Association as one of the top three education beat reporters in the nation working at a small newsroom. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Fast Company, The Guardian and others. He graduated from Brown University studying education policy and previously worked as a summer school math teacher in Providence, Rhode Island. Off the clock, you can find him tending to houseplants or frying up homemade donuts for a crowd.
‘A little bit confused’: HISD board tables Chinese university partnership vote
Houston ISD’s board of managers delayed a vote Thursday on approving support from a Chinese university, citing unanswered questions about the proposal.
HISD might ask taxpayers to back a multibillion-dollar bond. Is there time for community input?
Many school districts create a committee of local residents to shape a bond package, but Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles has yet to do so.
HISD considers ‘Confucius Institute’ partnership amid GOP ire over Chinese government ties
Houston ISD administrators are asking board members to approve a type of language partnership that Republicans have blasted as a Chinese Communist Party influence campaign.
HISD’s special education department is improving — but it’s still lagging on a key metric
Houston ISD is making headway in serving students with disabilities, but many children still aren’t meeting their goals, a Landing review shows.
HISD illegally suspended 1 in 10 homeless students last school year, new data shows
State Rep. Gene Wu, who co-sponsored the 2019 bill that banned most suspension of homeless students, called the numbers “beyond disappointing.”
We asked 14 HISD students how school has changed under a year of Mike Miles’ leadership
Several students said their teachers apply Miles’ new rules only when there’s a classroom observer and otherwise ignore the recommended strategies.
Houston ISD backtracks on contested principal ratings after community outcry, legal concern
Dozens of community members spoke out against Superintendent Miles’ plan to use a “proficiency screening” to fire lowest-scoring campus leaders.
Dozens of Houston ISD schools will be required to make 12% budget cuts next year
Schools not participating in Superintendent Mike Miles’ overhaul program will be subject to the most drastic cuts.
Are you smarter than an HISD ‘Art of Thinking’ 6th-grader? Take this quiz to find out.
These questions from a unit exam illustrate the concepts being taught in the Houston ISD class centered on critical thinking.