More Texas students are joining classes tailored to higher-paying jobs, while once-popular foreign language classes and some electives are less popular.
Michael Zhang
Michael Zhang is a data reporting fellow for the Houston Landing, working to gather, analyze and publish data that sheds light on issues across Greater Houston. He is a fourth-year sociology major at the University of Texas at Austin. Michael was a FOIA intern with the Daily Dot, an investigative intern and digital data producer with KPRC Houston, and an AI researcher in the University of Texas' Media Innovation Lab. Michael has lived in the Houston area for most of his life.
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Learning Curve: Texas is identifying more students with dyslexia. See how your district is doing.
For years, Texas’ public education system was notorious for failing students with disabilities — including those with dyslexia. The U.S. Department of Education, responding to a Houston Chronicle investigation, found in 2018 that Texas had effectively capped the number of students receiving special education services, denying countless children an education to which they were legally […]
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Sheriff’s Office reports improvements in Harris County Jail as scrutiny from state continues
Harris County officials testified to the state oversight board that they are still working on reducing the 180-hour average length of stay for inmates.
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Learning Curve: Many Texas college students start classes unprepared. Here’s how they do once on campus.
Tens of thousands of Texas students enter college without the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in entry-level English and math, putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to graduating with a degree, state data shows.
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Learning Curve: 50,000 students living in HISD attend charter schools. Here’s where they go.
More than 50,000 students in Houston ISD’s boundaries opted to attend one of 50-plus charter schools last year.
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Learning Curve: HISD’s $4.4 billion bond will make history — even if voted down
The record-setting proposal would become Texas’ first billion-dollar school bond vote to fail if voters reject it this November.
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Learning Curve: Search where Houston high school grads go to college by district, campus
Use our searchable databases to view where Greater Houston seniors enroll for their first year at a Texas college or university.
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‘Nobody asked me’: Houston AAPI voters face challenges ahead of election season
Asian American Pacific Islander voters in Houston are met with cultural barriers, inadequate translation services, and the chilling effect of SB 1.
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Data: Traffic crashes, injuries at stoplights spiked in Houston area after Hurricane Beryl
Power outages created more dangerous conditions at intersections after Hurricane Beryl, a Houston Landing analysis of state data shows.
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Harris County Democrats praise Biden, say his decision to drop out could help local races
Houston-area Democrats threw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris and said President Joe Biden dropping out could help down-ballot races.