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| September 07, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced that 22 of the district's schools have made the 2010 Texas Honor Roll Schools list by the Texas Business and Education Coalition. More |
| September 07, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District is hosting its "Grads Within Reach" phone bank today and Wednesday to call the homes of students who have not returned to school this year in an effort to reduce dropouts. More |
| September 02, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education has voted to open a "twilight high school" that will offer alternative, non-traditional school hours for students who are unable to attend school during the regular day and for those students who have dropped out of school. More |
| September 01, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District recently announced that Jefferson Davis High School's JROTC Program was ranked first in the Best Staff Category and second overall among JROTC programs and instructor Elvin Baines was named Senior Army Instructor of the Year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command More |
| August 31, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced the winners of the district's spring 2010 "Student Attendance Incentive Program". More |
| August 31, 2010 -- Six candidates have filed in the November 2 special election for Houston Independent School District's Board of Education District VIII seat. More |
| August 27, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education on Thursday accepted a $1.5 million donation for the HISD Foundation by the Liemandt Foundation to support a math mastery incentive program for fifth grade students and parents. More |
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| August 27, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education, during a meeting on Thursday, approved a vendor award to Magnet Schools of America to conduct an external audit of the district's magnet program. More |
| August 26, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District Board of Education Trustee Paula Harris will flip the opening coin tonight at the sixth annual "Fiesta Booker-Bryant Memorial Classic" football game at Delmar Stadium. More |
| August 24, 2010 -- Update: Houston Independent School District has announced that power has been restored to Piney Point Elementary, but remains out at Crawford-Sherman Elementary due to Monday's weather, and that children are being sent to alternate locations. More |
| August 19, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education, during a workshop held today, received an update on the district's teacher review process for the 2010-2011 school year. More |
| August 19, 2010 -- Sisters for Hope recently announced that it has partnered with J.R. Harris Elementary School in Houston to win a Pepsi Refresh Grant to upgrade computers at the school. More |
| August 19, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education, in a workshop meeting held today, voted unanimously to hold a special election on November 2 to fill the District VIII Trustee seat previously held by Diana Davila. More |
| August 17, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the district's new Educational Garden at the Woodrow Wilson Montessori School. More |
| August 16, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education will host a forum on Tuesday at Furr High School speak with individuals interested in appointment or election to Trustee District VIII. More |
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| August 13, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced that the district's Apollo 20 project has been commended by Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, and Apollo 20 advisor Roland Fryer. More |
| August 13, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District on Thursday voted 3-5, with Lawrence Marshall, Carol Galloway and Manuel Rodriguez, Jr. the only votes in favor, to deny a motion to call for a special election to fill the trustee position vacated by Diana Davila. More |
| August 13, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District will launch the district's Apollo 20 project on Monday by opening nine schools involved in the project a week early. More |
| August 12, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education on Thursday voted 8-0 to approve a Strategic Direction "that will guide the transformation of the district over the next several years. More |
| August 12, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced highlights of new programs and other changes for the 2010-2011 school year. More |
| August 12, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education today is holding its regular board meeting today to consider adoption of the district's long-term strategic plan and discuss options for filling the District VIII trustee seat recently vacated by Diana Davila. More |
| August 08, 2010 -- Educators and researchers from all over the Houston area shared research-based best practices Friday morning at Houston Independent School District’s First Annual Summer Program Evaluation and Research Series held in the board auditorium of the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. More |
| August 05, 2010 -- The Houston Independent School District Board of Education this morning was briefed by its attorney on options to fill Diana Davila’s term through 2011. More |
| August 05, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced that federal accountability ratings show that more of Houston's schools met "Adequate Yearly Progress" requirements this year than in 2009. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District will host a press conference on Monday at Fondren Middle School to officially launch the district's Apollo 20 project for the 2010-2011 school year. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced that ratings released by the Texas Education Agency show that the number of schools in the district with an "Exemplary" rating have increased from 84 schools last year to 101 schools this year. More |
| July 27, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District today announced that it has launched "HISD Myth Busters", a feature on the district's web site dedicated to "clarifying misinformation or rumors". More |
| July 25, 2010 -- For the next seven weeks, shoppers at Houston Kroger stores can make a donation that will go toward improving the academic advancement of Houston’s public school children. More |
| July 21, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District recently announced that Shearn Elementary has received a $100,000 grant from the Leonore Annenberg School Fund. More |
| July 19, 2010 -- Houston Independent School District has announced that on July 12, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced 1,900 additional national college scholarship winners for 2010 and ten HISD graduates were on the list. More |
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