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Spanish-language credit basics class series, every Tuesday via Zoom, Sept. 23–Oct. 28, 2026. Pre-registration required.
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Twenty-three Houston-area school districts received extensions to meet Texas's new rule requiring certified teachers in core subjects by 2029–30.
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Heba Katoon is the Othering & Belonging Institute's Director of Communications, with nearly 20 years of global human rights and social justice communications ex
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The YET Center offers Houston youth a safe place to learn and gather, with a gym, movie room, and computer lab at Finnigan Park.
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A Kinder Institute survey estimates 141,400 Houston-area adults were temporarily homeless in the prior year — about 5% of all residents.
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