Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...

In 2024, her son was struck and killed walking to school. Now, her family's severe suffering is what may keep her husband from being deported.

Houston ISD will use Alpha School's AI platform at two elementary schools.

For 125 years, the Houston Chronicle has grown alongside the city it chronicles — shaped by risk, rivalry and reinvention. The scrappy startup grew into a modern multimedia newsroom.

Chris Brown, a senior advisor for Mayor John Whitmire's office, has swiped into city facilities on 13 days total in a period of 600 days and sent less than 1 email per week, records show.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say...

Nine months after the flood, the camp’s pattern of failure is clear.

State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles has said that these "Future 2" schools are meant to train students for a future where artificial intelligence "will be ubiquitous."

NASA's Artemis II mission will splash down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday. Here's how to watch.

The University of Houston found that the average pay of a Texas public school teacher dropped about $5,000 in the last decade to nearly $63,000.

Pin Oak Middle School librarian Brooke Corso has implemented 'living libraries' at her Houston campus since she joined in 2018.

While some HISD parents hope the outside partners will give their high-performing schools freedom from Mike Miles' reforms, others worry about accountability.

Houston arts magnet HSPVA began to help desegregate HISD and grew to educate many actors and musicians, like Chandra Wilson of "Grey's Anatomy" and Beyoncé.

Wichita Falls ISD and other districts have found success outsourcing schools to the firm, but it comes with a price and culture change.

While some HISD parents hope the outside partners will give their high-performing schools freedom from Mike Miles' reforms, others worry about accountability.

Montessori schools are not just attracting students and families; they are luring teachers to strike out on and try something new.

The HISD board's recent votes against favorable hearing recommendations worry attorneys and teachers navigating these cases.

Seven months after escaping the Target shooting, an Austin mother and daughter navigate trauma, fear and unexpected growth.

In the newly created position, Kristen Hole will oversee both the academics and schools offices at HISD, effective Tuesday.

HISD will hold school meetings with affected communities ahead of a Feb. 26 board vote. State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles asked the board to close seven campuses and relocate five others.

Houston ISD must show "good cause" to fire union leader Michelle Williams. An independent hearing officer is expected to issue a recommendation in early March.

HISD's immigrant student population fell for the first time since COVID this school year. Experts say families are staying home as they fear ICE enforcement.

A new report from the University of Houston outlined that the scale of Texas' new school voucher program will not likely match the public perception. Most respondents feel it will harm public...

The top cabinet members under state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles can receive bonuses and allowances on top of their salaries exceeding $200,000.

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles helped broker a nearly $1M contract for HISD-style reform at a Texas charter network. Experts say it raises concerns.

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles helped broker a nearly $1M contract for HISD-style reform at a Texas charter network. Experts say it raises concerns.

Texas A&M University blocked a philosophy professor from teaching certain Plato texts after a new rule against "advocating" gender and race ideology.

The Science of Reading emphasizes phonics but does it support Mike Miles' sidelining libraries and books in HISD schools? I asked literacy experts Maryanne Wolf, Emily Hanford and...

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

Houston ISD reassigns entire Las Americas student body to adjacent Jane Long Academy.

Teachers at 124 school districts are under investigation after more than 350 complaints were filed after the shooting of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

Michelle Williams was assigned to home duty in August.

The new contract's $20 minimum wage is a significant raise, but less than the $23 wage union leaders had wanted.

The contract will initially run for two years, and can be worth up to 5% of the program’s total funds, or an initial $50 million.

The state's largest school district is undergoing annual staff reductions and reassignments.

Sarah Rios was thrilled to be a teacher at her childhood campus. She wasn't prepared for the conditions that awaited her in Superintendent Mike Miles' HISD.

Houston is the most impoverished big city in America. Eviction rates have risen. Rental assistance is drying up. How does this affect the city's students and schools?

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles earned a $173,660 bonus after receiving a score of 91.4 out of 100 from the school board on his second annual evaluation.

The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers criticized Morath’s comments, calling the resulting investigations a “witch hunt” against teachers.

The state education commissioner presents how to maximize teacher pay in Houston presentation.