Megan Menchaca
Senior Houston ISD Reporter at Houston Chronicle
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2 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca
Houston ISD Board of Managers member Adam Rivon listens toSuperintendent Mike Miles address the district’s budget for the 2025-2026 academic school year at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center in Houston, Thursday, May 1, 2025.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca
The window of the College and Career center inside Sharpstown High School photographed on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 in Houston. Elizabeth Conley/Staff PhotographerHouston ISD data shows that — within six years — less than a third of the district’s high school graduates typically earn college degrees and less than a fifth will earn enough to make “a living wage” in Harris County.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Claire Partain |Megan Menchaca
Milby High School students walk through the hallway past university flags on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Houston. Elizabeth Conley/Staff PhotographerAs a middle school student, Jhonny Almeida chose to attend Houston ISD’s Sterling Aviation Early College High School because, even then, he knew he wanted to be an aerospace engineer.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain
When Jayla London arrived as a freshman at Houston ISD’s Yates High School in 2020, she wanted to pack her schedule with as many advanced courses as she could. By tenth grade, London was taking both Advanced Placement and dual credit courses that the school offered in partnership with Houston Community College. As a junior, she enrolled in the school’s International Baccalaureate courses, part of a rigorous national diploma program that teaches students critical thinking and research skills.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain
Every spring, more than 10,000 Houston ISD students, capped and draped in black, walk the stage in June to receive their high school diploma. What they do after graduation is less uniform. Just over half of HISD’s high school graduates will enroll in higher education within a year of graduation, and even fewer of those students will end up earning college degrees or making a living wage within six years.
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