A version of this story ran in the September 2013 issue. Forty years after NASA canceled its Apollo 20 mission to the moon, Houston’s school district reclaimed the name for a new program with even ...

During Saturday’s tutoring session for 6th to 8th graders at Ryan Middle School, students were first asked to fill out a multiplication grid table going from 1 times 1 on up. Claudia J. “Coach” ...

Apollo 20 reforms put in place at Houston ISD’s lowest-performing schools significantly reduced the achievement gap in math and resulted in positive gains in reading, according to a final analysis by ...

Eleven HISD elementary schools will be added to the Apollo-20 turnaround initiative. The program began last fall at nine middle and high schools. It involves several key strategies to help struggling ...

Houston is home to some of the most innovative educational concepts in the U.S. The Houston Independent School District itself has pioneered several initiatives, with many of its schools becoming ...

The schools, all elementaries, are: Blackshear, Davila, Frost, Grimes, Highland Heights, Isaacs, Kelso, Robinson, Scarborough, Tinsley, and Walnut Bend. The proposal ...

HOUSTON Some parents question if Apollo 20 will work in their school. "I don't think so," said parent Mike Beasley. "I don't think my son gets enough work and I don't hear enough from the teachers. My ...

Houston ain't Harvard, as Roland Fryer no doubt realized when the esteemed Ivy League economist put his name and his reputation on the line in an untested bid to save the city's worst schools from ...

Former Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier with Roland Fryer in 2013 at the height of the Apollo 20 experiment. Credit: Photo by Margaret Downing Interesting story tucked inside the Houston ...