For the fourth time in a little more than four months a student attending California's Palo Alto High School has committed suicide. The most recent occurrence was carried out by jumping in front of...
In a letter three years ago in the Houston Chronicle, Houston school-board candidate Anna Eastman took a stand. Recently she placed this letter on her website.
"Having healthy gay role models for all children, whatever their sexual orientation may be, is such an...
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When a candidate runnning for office receives financial and tactical support from an interest group, it is certainly fair to ask them how they feel about standard practices of that group.
The same corporate executives who fund expansion of the KIPP and YES PREP Charter...
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On the 2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exam, the Houston Independent School District's internal charter school, East Early College High School, outperformed students from the the KIPP Houston High School.
Both schools received exemplary ratings...
Enron may have fallen, and the Bush/Cheney administration has left Washington in a hurry, but one group of second-generation Houston business titans are flexing their muscle on their own homegrown, seeking to reshape local public education in their own image.
These...
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The following is the part of a conversation I had with Ms. Alma L. Lara, candidate for Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees in District 1, in the north-central area of Houston.
You came to Houston at a young age.
Alma Lara: Age nine. I...
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All politics are local, and that is especially true for Hispanic candidates in Texas, where the white conservative majority determines the outcome of statewide elections, leaving only select local elections winnable by Hispanic contenders.
While Hispanics make up the...
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A poll shows more than 80 percent people believe Pakistan army was involved in the 911 terror attacks." The local public telvision Channel 13 in Houston interveiwed the A.F.B. leaders who said the reason they say...
A dictator facing trial for killing of a prominent Baluch statesman will face the heat of protests in Houston." Aziz Narejo, a former president of the largest Sindhi organization, Sindhi Association of North America, said he will protest jointly with the Baluch. "This is...
Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...
North Forest High School in Houston, Texas was put on lockdown for three hours on September 25, 2009 after reports that three to four males had arrived on campus armed with guns. Witnesses claim that they saw three to four armed males drive toward North Forest High School in...
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North Forest High School is located in the northeastern section of Houston, Texas. In a developing news story, it is the scene of a lockdown after an individual accompanied by three other individuals randomly fired an AK 47 in the air in the school.
There were people who...
Boeing has plans to start commercial space taxis to transport astronauts and and maybe even tourists to outer space, cbc reports.The company has submitted a proposal to NASA for private-sector space taxis. NASA will sign agreements with a one or more companies in November. ...
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Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson was fined by his team for making his contract dispute with GM Rick Smith his team public by writing a message on his shoes. Robinson played the Texans season opener with...
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"Week 8 in the Big Brother house, this week’s HOH winner is….drumroll please….KEVIN! Kevin, the mild mannered, colorful token gay of the house (whom I LOVE by the way) is the new HOH of the Big Brother house....
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