T-STEM academy promotes careers in sciences and math with festival
The T-STEM E4 Academy hosted its first annual festival on February 6. Nearly 200 students from six different schools, from Houston to Port Arthur, converged at the South Side Attucks Middle School campus to participate in design challenges and to learn more about practical applications of science in our daily lives.The students ranged in ages […]
Fifty-three HISD schools are failing or academically unacceptable
Texas public schools are in bad shape according to the Texas Education Agency which recently released its report card for 2013. The list includes over 50 schools deemed failing and academically unacceptable. Statewide, 892 schools are failing or academically unacceptable, up over 90% from 456 schools across Texas in 2012. That would be reason for […]
HISD students join digital education movement, receive laptops
HISD, the seventh largest school system in the US is distributing taxpayer-funded laptops and tablets to nearly 18,000 high school students in an attempt to bridge the performance gap between rich and poor students in the district. Funded by grants from the federal government for low-income students and professional development, the program loans the laptops […]