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Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles held a meeting Wednesday with his leadership team to introduce his plans on how to make the district a “high-performance culture,” along with his goals for improving accountability amongst teachers and administrators.

Harvard Elementary School in the Heights opened on September 18, 1898. Now, 125 years later, it's the oldest school still open in the entire city.

While much of the discussion about school safety has recently revolved around putting armed security on every campus and increasing police training, there is less highlighted work being done on campuses across the state to spot potential problems before they spiral into violent behavior.

A mother says she panicked after her kindergartener was placed on a school bus and dropped off, even though she says there was an agreement that he’d be picked up from school.

This school year, KPRC 2 is embarking on a project to chronicle a year inside Fleming Middle School on the north side of Houston. Fleming is one of the 28 schools Houston ISD labeled as a high-priority campus.

Parents, teachers and families: How did the first day of school go for you? Leave us a comment

The largest school district in Texas, the Houston Independent School District, is slated to begin classes on Monday, Aug. 28.

Students who have already started class are forced to be hours late in the morning as a shortage of bus drivers continues across Houston area schools.

Wednesday is the first day of school for students at Channelview ISD. The transportation department is making sure all buses have working air conditioning units. Drivers spent the day driving their routes and getting ready and will be out on Wednesday greeting students on their first day of school.

During dismissal time at Aldine ISD’s Kujawa Elementary School on the district’s first day of school, a 6-year-old boy was left to wander the neighborhood near the school while his family frantically searched for him.

See how the Solutionaries team addresses educational challenges to exploring food insecurity and behavioral interventions.

In the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, parents, teachers, and school districts are working to find ways to keep classrooms secure.

Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and utilizing some of the libraries as ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced.

Sam’s Club wants to send teachers back to school with exclusive access to a can’t-miss deal.

Every school classroom in Texas will soon be required to have silent panic alert technology.Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 838 also known as ‘Alyssa’s Law’ this week.

A woman who fled her home country of Ukraine last May due to the Russian war celebrated the grand opening of the first Ukrainian school in San Antonio Saturday.

The Texas Education Agency plans to reveal its takeover plan for Houston Independent School District during a meeting Thursday morning.

An Anahuac woman is facing charges after authorities said she made threats toward an elementary school.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8 - 12, and it’s the annual time to show your favorite educator some love that they most definitely deserve.

If you’re a parent, you know how hard it can be at times to get your kids to just sit down and have a seat. That problem is being amplified on Lamar Consolidated ISD school buses because there aren’t enough seats to go around. Some kids say they’re forced to sit on the floor of the buses.

With costs rising on pretty much anything, seniors at both college and high school levels are also feeling the pinch from the beast known as inflation.

When tragedies such as school shootings happen, many parents begin to evaluate their own children’s safety at school, and some parents are now considering home-schooling.

Galveston College students and community members now have access to an expanding parking lot after opening this week.

The Texas Education Agency is hosting its first of four community meetings Tuesday night, nearly a week after the state announced it would move forward with a takeover of its largest school district.

Katy ISD will begin enrolling its newest and youngest students for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year.

Hundreds of teachers from across the state rallied near the state capitol on Monday as the possibility of the state taking over its largest school district looms.

The “Journey School for the Uniquely Gifted and Talented” has teachers on staff to handle traditional classroom education. It also has therapists on site who work in a contract capacity.

There’s a smarter way to protect your child’s classroom. Imagine being able to identify a threat before it reaches the front door.

Officials with Galena Park ISD are warning students and parents after a “stranger danger” situation that recently happened.

Community leaders are calling for the superintendent of Humble ISD and the principal at Atascocita High School to resign after a fight broke out between parents and students.

Several Houston-area school districts are monitoring the severe weather conditions Tuesday.

An Alief school got a much-needed facelift on Monday, thanks to a group of volunteers who also happen to be military veterans.

As investigators combed through the life of the Robb Elementary school shooter, they discovered he was absent from school for hundreds of days before being “involuntarily withdrawn” from the district.

Houston Independent School District leaders say they are expanding Pre-K classrooms and programming.

Mental and physical health support tops the list of Houston Independent School District student and parent needs, according to a new survey from Rice University Kinder Institute’s Houston Education Research Consortium.

At the top of the mind of Houston Independent School District leaders is enrollment.

Students at a Texas high school may have to retake the SATs after test papers flew out of a UPS truck.

Several Houston-area school districts have announced they will cancel classes on Monday after the Houston Astros secured a World Series victory on Saturday night.

A 17-year-old is in the Harris County Jail after Precinct 5 Deputy Constables allege he made threats to shoot up his former charter school in Katy.

Armoured One builds special glass to slow down an attacker and provide more time for students and teachers to get to safety.

We’re celebrating a music teacher from Willis who stepped out of her comfort zone, and performed on national television.

Ridge Point High School, a Fort Bend ISD school, confirmed its second case of monkeypox among students on Thursday.

The November Election is right around the corner and voters in Fort Bend County will decide on a $1.72 billion bond package that will make major improvements at Lamar Consolidated ISD.

As Houston ISD schools begin the school year, the “Safe Walk Home Northside” program continued its mission of making the community safe for students who walk to and from school.

Hundreds of kids in the Houston area will be heading to school in style thanks to multi-platinum artist and entrepreneur Money Man.

Houston Independent School District, in partnership with Eight Million Stories, Inc., announced Wednesday that it will be offering a new education option called HISD REAL.

Lauryn Pope, Goose Creek ISD middle school athletic trainer with Houston Methodist Baytown, said those most at risk are the football players.

‘Watch D.O.G.S.,’ or “Dads of Great Students,” is a father or male-involvement initiative that has really taken off in Katy ISD.

Within the first 10 days of school, Fort Bend ISD to perform four drills, including severe weather, lockdown, secure, and fire drills.

Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be providing more than 30 law enforcement officers to campuses throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) for the new school year.

Humble ISD parents voiced concern about access to certain books in the district’s libraries and took their concerns to public comment in Tuesday’s board meeting.

The topic of classroom literature can’t seem to be bookmarked.

A local organization is helping Houston area teachers with the financial burden of returning to the classroom.

Thousands of students in Humble Independent School District will be heading back to the classroom Tuesday and there are a lot of updates this year.

When it comes to school safety there’s a lot of blame and opinions. Politicians point the finger and parents want to be heard. But what about what students think needs to be done?

Harris County Precinct Four Constable’s Office in north Harris County is teaming up with six local districts to make sure students are safe this school year.

Several Houston-area school districts are starting the 2022-2023 school year on Monday. Among those, Alief Independent School District.

Mayor Sylvester Turner will be joined by representatives from Shell and the Houston Food Bank in a news conference Thursday to announce details on the 12th Annual Back To School Fest presented by Shell.

Students getting ready to head back to school for the 2022-2023 school year will have to fill out an application – as families did before the pandemic – to qualify for free, reduced, or paid meals.

Packed into the Stafford Centre auditorium were teachers, administrators, and law enforcement officers from three school districts.

With the start of a new school year just a few weeks away, districts across the Houston area are scrambling to fill thousands of vacant teaching positions.

KPRC 2 reporter Brandon Walker moderated a forum entitled “The State of School Safety,” which was hosted by the League City Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday.

A thunderous gun blast and screams pierced the silence inside the library of Walsh Middle School.

The Houston Independent School District is asking anyone interested in becoming a certified teacher to enroll in their alternative certification program or ACP.

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A few of our favorite celebrities are headed back to school in the new series on BET+.

Galena Park ISD leaders are preparing for changes this upcoming school year to ensure students are safe.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he sent a letter directing the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath to create the new position of Chief of School Safety and Security.

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Rania Mankarious, CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston, explains how parents can channel those feelings into action.

Dr. Shana D. Lewis, a licensed professional counselor and mother, shares some advice to help parents navigate tough conversations about this event.

Liz Hanks is a mom who is demanding action after the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

School districts across the Houston area are responding after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, in the nation's deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade.

An 18-year-old man shot his own grandmother before storming into a West Texas elementary school and opening fire Tuesday morning, just two days shy of the end of the school year. During the rampage, 14 students and one teacher were killed, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.

A student who has overcome years of adversity is preparing to graduate from Cypress Ridge High School.

The brothers both currently have about a 5.0 GPA and are involved in several activities.

East Bernard ISD’s student handbook outlines its dress code and hair policy, which forbids “braided hair or twisted rows/strands.”

A teenager accused of stealing catalytic converters from a Cy-Fair ISD high school parking lot went before a judge Thursday morning.

The implementation of a four-day school week is gaining some traction across Texas.

Could a four-day school week work in Texas?

A mother is taking legal action after her son was hit by an administrator at Sweeny Junior High School.

After the Department of Education’s civil rights enforcement arm announced in November that it was investigating students’ allegations of discrimination and bullying at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, conservative parents and politicians were outraged.

The 14-year-old who was brutally attacked after she got off the bus near Highland Creek Ranch Park on Tuesday is sharing what happened.

Each day, thousands of children throughout the greater Houston area walk to school.  Most, if not all of them, thankfully, get there safely; but for one local family that walk to school almost turned deadly.

An investigation is underway after police said a reported bomb threat was sent to a southwest Houston school Thursday morning.

Community college and school district officials will join Commissioners Rodney Ellis, Adrian Garcia and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Wednesday to announce a $200,000 Disparity Study Fund.

School is back in session and COVID-19 is having major impacts on school districts in our area. Katy ISD reportedly has the largest number of staff COVID cases.

Thousands of students went back to the classroom this week following the winter break.

School board members for the Magnolia Independent School District voted on Monday to reverse its controversial hair policy that required boys to wear short hair.

Students at an Alvin Independent School District school called an anonymous social media page a form of cyberbullying.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New York City.

A Pre-K student in Montgomery ISD was dropped off at the wrong bus stop and then his mother says he got into a car with a stranger.

After canceling a virtual visit by an award-winning children’s author earlier this month, Katy ISD went forward with the appearance Monday.

A Spring ISD mother is upset and concerned after she says an officer at Westfield High School choke slammed her son and held him on the ground for two minutes.

On Saturday, The Houston Independent School District held its annual Students Within Reach Walk to find students who have not returned to their campus for the fall semester and encourage them to re-enroll.

During a special meeting Thursday, the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees named Dr. Christie Whitbeck as the district’s new superintendent.

It is back to school this Tuesday after the holiday weekend for students in La Porte ISD. Many parents had to drop off their children because of district wide bus driver shortages.

“We’ve seen a number of these happen here in Houston, especially in the areas that are thought of as a better school district,” said the vice-president of a consulting group in Houston.

School bells have rung in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first time in more than a year as schools shut by the coronavirus were allowed to begin reopening as cases decline.