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HISD doesn't care about special ed kids. They care about STAAR tests.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (301+ words) Before 1975, millions of children with disabilities were denied even the most basic access to public education. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, or EHA, requires public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free…...
HISD parents push back as district moves thousands of special education students
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1346+ words) A student uses the move room'at Chisholm Trail Elementary School, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Sanger ISD. Jaylon Pittman, a student in Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) Special Schools programs, pays attention his match in the 7th annual Chess Tournament Thursday, March…...
How have HISD's special education changes affected your family? Tell us here.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (68+ words) Houston Chronicle Many families learned their child would be assigned to new campuses next year after Houston ISD announced plans to move and consolidate certain special education programs. The Office for Civil Rights is investigating Houston ISD's special education plans....
How HISD families are fighting back against sweeping special education changes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (647+ words) Parents of children in special education programs are panicked and scrambling to understand Houston'ISD's plans. Emi Sei's son didn't always thrive in school. No choice. No parental control.' "I was losing my mind," Sei told me. Over the weekend, a…...
Leader of noted Houston private school to resign after social media controversy
2+ week, 3+ day ago (724+ words) The leader of one of Houston's most'established private schools, Kinkaid School, will resign this summer, according to an announcement letter sent to the community on Wednesday.' In the letter, the head of school, Jonathan'Eades, wrote that this decision has been…...
HISD parents say they feel blindsided by proposed school closures
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1287+ words) Burrus Elementary School is one of the schools HISD is proposing to close." Burrus Elementary kindergartners line up in the hallway on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022 in Houston. Monday was the first day of school for HISD. As Houston ISD families returned…...
HISD will close 12 schools in unanimous board vote
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1717+ words) Houston Independent School District police officers move Sim Kern down from the podium after they refused to stop speaking and stood on top of the podium during a board meeting about 12 school closures in Houston is shown Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Houston…...
Top HISD administrator to leave the district
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (295+ words) The Houston ISD seal is seen before Superintendent Mike Miles speaks before the district's first public budget workshop for the 2024-2025 school year at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. Houston'ISD's central division chief, Daniel Soliz, will leave the district…...
HISD quietly closes alternative disciplinary campus for high school students
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (633+ words) HISD Secondary DAEP, 1510 Jensen Drive Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Houston." HISD has quietly closed its Harper Disciplinary Alternative Education Program this school year, moving all its high school students and some staff from the Garden Oaks campus to another disciplinary program…...
Did HISD go against its own rules to approve school closures?
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (1623+ words) By the time Houston ISD's state-appointed Board of Managers votes on a proposal to close 12 schools next week, school communities will'have had'two weeks to learn about closures and how they affect families. Elected trustees and community members are questioning whether'HISD…...