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thekatynews.com
Student Loan Forgiveness Protected After Education Department Drops PSLF Challenge: What Katy Residents Need to Know
Millions of Americans working in public service have received encouraging news. The U.S. Department of Education has backed away from a legal fight that threatened to restrict student loan forgiveness for certain government and nonprofit employees. The decision could be particularly important for teachers, first responders, healthcare professionals, and nonprofit...
My Neighborhood News
CFISD Bands Take the Field October 24 for UIL Region 27 Marching Contest at Berry Center in Cypress, Community Invited to Cheer Them On
Cheer on all 12 CFISD high school bands at the October 24 UIL Region 27 Marching Contest in Cypress. Find performance times, tickets and parking details.
My Neighborhood News
Fulshear High School Graduate Kathryn Tompkins Earns American FFA Degree, National Organization’s Highest Honor
Fulshear native Kathryn Tompkins, a former Fort Bend County Fair Queen and longtime agricultural advocate, is receiving one of the National FFA Organization’s most prestigious honors, recognizing years of leadership, agricultural achievement and service to her community.
Yahoo!
Terry High School says they're going for a 3-peat | Friday Football Fever
'Battle of the Berg' is happening Friday night in Rosenberg and FOX 26's Nate Griffin made his first stop at Terry High School, the back-to-back winners, as they try for a three-peat!
MaxPreps
Football Recap: Kash Schwab's Punishing Run Game Keeps Rolling + How To Watch
Bridgeland waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins...and they left with four. They really took it to the Fulshear Chargers for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-7 win. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 28 points or more this season.
Houston Chronicle
8 HISD campuses rank in the top 100 Texas elementary and middle schools, per 2027 U.S. News rankings
See which HISD campuses made U.S. News' top 100 lists for Texas elementary and middle schools — and which fell off. The rankings include magnets, neighborhood schools and K-8 campuses.
scalawagmagazine.org
A History of No Child Left Behind and the HISD Takeover
In 2000, the U.S. Department of Education published a report on the Houston Independent School District (HISD) during the implementation of TAAS, Texas' standardized testing program. Lindy McNeil and Angela Valenzuela, lead researchers, argued that rigorous standardized testing disciplines children into repetitive, isolated performances of knowledge. Basically, rather than learning developmentally appropriate skills, like reading, thinking, and writing, TAAS siphoned classroom resources towards preparing kids for multiple-choice test formats, short text reading, and short essays, skills that are not transferable or usable outside of the test.
MaxPreps
Football Recap: Katy Taylor Beats Morton Ranch for Their Third Straight Win + How To Watch
Katy Taylor waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins...and they left with three. They took down the Morton Ranch Mavericks 38-19. With that victory, the Mustangs brought their scoring average up to 27.1 points per game. Katy Taylor's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for...