More English learners at risk of future academic struggles in Texas public schools
April 15, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 15, 2021) – Education researchers from Rice University have documented a troubling trend in the system Texas public schools use to reclassify elementary school students learning English, evidence of a problem they say could have a serious impact on hundreds of thousands of the state’s schoolchildren.
Survey of Houston-area families reveals depth of COVID-19 financial pain
April 8, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 8, 2021) – During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, only a third of Houston-area households with children reported having enough money saved to cover one month of expenses, according to a new research brief from Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
People, papers and presentations - March 15
March 16, 2021
Rice School of Architecture students Shiyu Jin and Beixi Zhu received a merit award in the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Institute of Architects' annual statewide Excellence in Architecture Student Design Awards Jury.
HERC study spotlights struggles many HISD families face
January 26, 2021
HOUSTON – (Jan. 26, 2021) – A large number of students enrolled in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) need help with basic needs such as food, clothing, health care and school supplies, according to a new research brief from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
It pays to major in fields with close ties to jobs, study shows
July 29, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 29, 2020) – College graduates make more money if they major in fields with close ties to jobs, according to a new study from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences.
Houston and Texas expected to fall short of postsecondary education goal
July 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 16, 2020) – As demand for workers with college degrees rises, Houston and Texas are predicted to fall short of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) goals for the next decade, according to a new report from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences.
People, papers and presentations Jan 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, was elected to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at a luncheon May 8 at Houston's Ellington Airport.