Houston ISD administrators said 51 percent of teachers rated “developing” or “improvement needed” did not return for the 2024-25 school year.
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 remains silent a month after student death, seeks to block release of records
Houston ISD leaders have released few details or records about the response to 14-year-old Landon Payton’s collapse at Marshall Middle School.
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New poll shows less support for $4.4 billion Houston ISD bond than prior survey
A survey released by a Texas teachers union, whose Houston-area leaders have opposed the bond, suggests the $4.4 billion package might not pass.
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HISD voters want to rebuild schools, new poll shows. Will they back a $4.4 billion proposal?
About three-quarters of HISD residents said they would support a bond that doesn’t raise taxes, Rice University researchers found in a survey this summer of 1,900 potential voters.
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Houston ISD released its projected accountability grades. See how each school scored.
Houston ISD administrators unveiled projected accountability ratings Monday, showing more than half of schools improved their letter grade.
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TEA probing homeless student discipline after Landing reveals illegal suspensions
The TEA is examining state discipline data for illegally suspended homeless students, which could spur investigations into individual districts.
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HISD promises more freedom to teachers in top-rated schools. Will it follow through?
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles says he will follow through on the pledge after many teachers said he made unfulfilled promises last year.
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Houston ISD eighth-grader dies following ‘medical emergency’ on campus
The principal of Houston ISD’s Marshall Middle School notified families that the student died following an emergency witnessed by some students and staff at the campus on the city’s north side.
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Houston ISD campuses could soon be required to keep life-saving overdose medicine
Houston ISD’s board is set to vote Thursday on a policy requiring opioid reversal medicine, like Narcan, at all campuses amid spikes in youth drug deaths.
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Houston ISD families navigate first-day bus hiccups after changes to routes
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles said the district is working to assign routes to 700 newly enrolled students and get help lines running.