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School Choice Fairs Scheduled Across Houston
The Houston Independent School District is hosting several school choice fairs across the district to inform parents of the different educational choices available to their children as they transition into middle and high school. “HISD offers excellent opportunities to meet your child’s needs, challenge their thinking, and develop their skills,” said Dave Wheat, HISD assistant
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Community
Additional HISD police officers will be joining METRO and Houston police to continue to serve as mentors to students at nine elementary schools this school year as part of the district’s law-enforcement mentorship program. The program, which was launched in 2012, focuses on students at the middle-school level. The year, officers will mentor fifth-graders who
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Myra Griffin The Houston Sun History Makers joined the students of Wallip Academy at Texas Southern University where they made speeches to young men about their rise to success. Scientist, Dr. David Garrison and Former NBA star, David Lattin told their story in hopes to inspire greatness from the young men before them. SunPhoto: Kenya
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Business
NNPA-Texas Southern sign Internship MOU By:D J Mickey- The Houston Sun WASHINGTON, DC — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) committee made momentous history for the future of the media industry when it signed an internship Memorandum of Understanding with Texas Southern University’s President, Dr. John Rudley, the President of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
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Editorial
Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis: Why I stood with Wendy State Senator Rodney Ellis On Tuesday, I joined my friend and colleague Senator Wendy Davis as she engaged in a heroic and historic filibuster to protect women’s health in Texas. I could not be more proud of her and my fellow Senators as we helped defeat some of the most onerous women’s health restrictions in
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