
Elizabeth Sander
Education Reporter at Houston Chronicle
Education reporter (she/her) @houstonchron. Past: @expressnews @columbiajourn - Contact me at [email protected]
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houstonchronicle.com | Elizabeth Sander
Board members, top, listen as Amanda Pallanez, at podium, speaks critically against the district's reduced bus routes during the regular meeting of Cy-Fair ISD school board meeting Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 in Cypress, TX. Michael Wyke/ContributorMembers of the public listen during a Cypress Fairbanks ISD school board meeting, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cypress.
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houstonchronicle.com | Elizabeth Sander
Humble ISD Trustee Ken Kirchhofer says he is in favor to move to vote on whether to terminate Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen's contract because Fagen broke his trust throughout time during a school board meeting Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at Humble ISD Board, Business & Technology Center in Humble. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographerThe Humble ISD board unanimously appointed trustee Ken Kirchhofer to fill a vacant board seat after an extended executive session Tuesday night.
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houstonchronicle.com | Elizabeth Sander
Fourth grade students work on a lesson in Vianca Maldonado’s bilingual class at Highland Heights Elementary on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Houston. Brett Coomer/Staff photographerKaty, Cy-Fair, Fort Bend and Conroe ISDs, which educate a combined 365,000 students — consistently scored above state averages on the elementary and middle school STAAR scores released Tuesday. However Houston, Fort Bend and Cy-Fair ISDs saw the most growth from last year.
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yourconroenews.com | Elizabeth Sander
Fourth grade students work on a lesson in Vianca Maldonado’s bilingual class at Highland Heights Elementary on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Houston. Brett Coomer/Staff photographerKaty, Cy-Fair, Fort Bend and Conroe ISDs, which educate a combined 365,000 students — consistently scored above state averages on the elementary and middle school STAAR scores released Tuesday. However Houston, Fort Bend and Cy-Fair ISDs saw the most growth from last year.
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houstonchronicle.com | Elizabeth Sander |Anastasia Goodwin
Students look for their home room on the first day of school at Nelson Junior High in Katy Independent School District on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 in Katy. The Nelson faculty and staff welcomed 904 students to the new school. Brett Coomer/Staff photographerMost large Houston-area districts saw slight declines over the past two years on STAAR test data released Tuesday, but most still outperformed state averages.
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RT @sgonzalezkelly: We @HoustonChron witnessed arrests at immigration court for the second day in a row today. Plainclothes ICE agents took…

RT @partain_claire: Most large Houston-area districts saw slight declines over the past two years on STAAR test data released Tuesday while…

RT @alanfossler: Katy ISD outperforms most schools in Texas in new 2025 STAAR data. How do other districts compare? via @eliz_sander and @a…