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Asher Lehrer-Small
Asher Lehrer-Small is an education reporter covering Houston ISD for the Houston Landing. His work focuses on helping families understand how HISD policies and practices impact their children, holding district leaders accountable for providing a high-quality education and giving students a voice in their school experience. He previously spent three years covering schools for The 74, a nonprofit education news outlet, 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 other outlets. He graduated from Brown University after studying education policy, and he 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.
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Houston ISD bond would make $200 million bet on pre-K. Here’s where new programs would be.
HISD would use part of $4.4 billion school bond to build more preschool seats. But with enrollment lagging, will families use them?
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Q&A: Two Houston ISD mothers explain why they’re on opposite sides of $4.4 billion bond
As Houston ISD residents consider whether to support a divisive $4.4 billion bond, two parents with kids in the district offer their outlook.
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Answer Key: What happens next if Houston ISD’s bond passes? And what if it fails?
Voters will decide in November whether to approve $4.4 billion in school projects or delay big new investments, likely for multiple years.
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Two days inside an HISD school that improved from F to B grade under Mike Miles’ changes
Forest Brook Middle School made a remarkable jump in the state’s academic rating system last year. The Houston Landing visited classrooms, sat in on staff meetings, and talked to teachers, students and parents about their experience at the campus.
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HISD bond could approve $425 million for career centers. Here’s a look inside one.
Dallas ISD has built modern centers designed to train students for high-paying jobs, an approach Houston ISD wants to take if a $4.4 billion bond passes.
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Houston schools crack down on illegal suspensions following Landing investigation
Several Houston-area school districts have taken steps to end the illegal practice following a Houston Landing investigation published in May.
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Houston ISD enrollment on track to plummet 5 percent this year, largest drop since pandemic
Enrollment data from the fourth week of classes in Houston ISD shows about 8,600 fewer students attending Texas’ largest district.
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What to know before voting on the HISD bond, the largest in Texas history
The multibillion-dollar package promises to pour money into dilapidated campuses while improving security, technology and more districtwide.
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HISD bond proposal calls for moving 7 small schools into different buildings
Houston ISD officials are informing families at several schools that their campuses likely would join existing schools if a $4.4 billion bond passes.