HISD's State of the Schools: creating a college-bound culture

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Dr. Abe Saavedra gave HISD’s State of the Schools speech yesterday and, by all (media) accounts, it appears HISD is focusing on getting students prepared for and into college. To that end, Dr. Saavedra wants to start very early, by offering all day Pre-K for lower-income children:

The cornerstone to creating that college-bound culture will be extending full-day pre-kindergarten to all 15,821 low-income 4-year-olds who qualify for the program. Currently, 6,800 of those children are in half-day classes.

Other HISD proposals include:

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