Citywide Education Progress Report: Houston

Institution	Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Citywide Education Progress Report: Houston
Quelle	(2018), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Public Schools; Achievement Gap; Academic Achievement; Graduation Rate; Socioeconomic Influences; Family Involvement; Accountability; At Risk Students; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Systems Approach; Enrollment; Transportation; Community Involvement; Charter Schools; Administrator Role; Teacher Competencies; Educational Finance; School Choice; Educational Improvement; School Districts; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Texas (Houston) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulleistung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Verantwortung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsreform; Systemischer Ansatz; Einschulung; Verkehrswesen; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Lehrkunst; Bildungsfonds; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; School district; Schulbezirk; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität
Abstract	The Citywide Education Progress Reports evaluate how a city is doing across three goals: (1) The education system should be continuously improving; (2) All students should have access to a high-quality education; and (3) The education strategy should be rooted in the community. Across each goal, indicators are presented of system reforms and outcomes. These city reports focus on education strategies for the 2017-18 school year. Analyses reflect developments through June 2018, and these are updates to the original reports from the 2016-17 school year. To understand how well cities are doing, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) used state and federal data to track school improvement, graduation rates, and student access to high-quality schools. To understand city strategies and identify early progress, interviews, surveys, public documents, and news articles from 2014-2015 to the present were relied upon. This analysis uses data for district and charter schools to look at all schools within municipal boundaries, rather than just one sector or district. Houston is home to 17 different school districts, with the Houston Independent School District (HISD) serving families in the center of the city. A looming state takeover, which may happen in fall 2018, has dominated conversation in the city over the past year, highlighting weaknesses in governance, vision, and community engagement. However, this crisis point could provide an opportunity to reassess education strategy and begin to build a citywide vision for Houston's school system. The city's 150 charter schools, mayor's office, and active nonprofit and business sectors should be involved in establishing that vision. This conversation must include a sustainable strategy to improve the city's schools and improve access to existing quality options. [For the main report, "Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?," see ED578178.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: crpe@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.crpe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01