Nearly a quarter of HISD students were absent for 'A Day Without Immigrants' protest Feb. 3, and absences remained above ...

West Briar Middle School community members decried high turnover and a negative culture on their Houston ISD campus following ...

Alejandro Serrano is a general assignment reporter for The Texas Tribune. Before joining the Tribune in the fall of 2022, he reported on a variety of topics for the Houston ...

The Trump administration has asked local governments and nonprofit organizations that received federal grants to identify ...

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Houston Independent School District (HISD) has 273 schools, more than MSCS, which has around 200. But in just 18 months, HISD saw a drastic improvement in its failing schools through state ...

As Houston ISD’s state-appointed board of managers considers closing an undisclosed number of campuses for the 2026-27 school year, elected trustees are asking for community members to be ...

The Houston Independent School District may close schools for the 2026-2027 school year as enrollment in the district continues to decline, according to the district's budget plans. The district ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Diana Moore was sitting at the dinner table with her son when she found out his algebra teacher was no longer teaching at the Houston Independent School District.

HOUSTON — An altercation at Pershing Middle School led to the arrests of several students, Houston ISD confirmed on Wednesday. They were arrested by HISD police. In a message sent to Pershing ...

I was the Memphis beat writer for The Commercial Appeal newspaper from 2002 to 2006, point being I made multiple trips to Houston for Conference USA matchups between the Tigers and Cougars.

On Feb. 3, KPRC 2 Investigates Mario Diaz discovered that HISD allocated nearly $1.4 million to hire a consulting group specializing in communications, governmental relations, and campaigns to ...