Asher Lehrer-Small
Houston-based journalist available for hire. @LivingstonAward finalist. Priors: Houston Landing, The 74. Reach me at [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Asher Lehrer-Small
Within three months of receiving a report that Worthing High School employee Lloyd Ford allegedly sent a Snapchat video to an 18-year-old student of himself masturbating and solicited the teen for sex, Houston ISD administrators “substantiated” the claim and fired him, according to district records and statements.
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1 month ago |
houstonlanding.org | Asher Lehrer-Small
As early as first grade, Angela Trujillo grasped why learning English in her Houston ISD classroom was so important. If she mastered the language — silent letters, flat “R” sounds and all — her parents, who had immigrated to Houston from central Mexico, and three younger siblings would have someone to help them navigate an English-dominant city.
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2 months ago |
houstonlanding.org | Asher Lehrer-Small
Houston ISD teacher salaries could soon range from $64,000 to $101,000 per year depending largely on employees’ performance ratings, ending a long-time practice of paying educators based on years of experience, according to a district document. HISD on Tuesday released long-awaited plans for a “pay-for-performance” system for its 10,000-plus teachers, which would go into effect starting with the 2026-27 school year — becoming the nation’s largest such model, Superintendent Mike Miles said.
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2 months ago |
houstonlanding.org | Asher Lehrer-Small
Houston ISD’s new “Sunrise Center” in Gulfton, one of the city’s lowest-income neighborhoods and a hub for new immigrants, is open for business, ready to provide families with free school uniforms, food, hygiene products and more. Yet, in the first half of the school year, only a few families trickled into the center for help on a typical school day. The same was true at three other Sunrise Centers — located near William P.
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2 months ago |
houstonlanding.org | Asher Lehrer-Small
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