More Houston ISD schools could join the NES model as interest grows \u2014 but the district hasn\u2019t said which campuses could be impacted.<\/p>\n
HOUSTON \u2014 More Houston ISD schools could soon join the district\u2019s New Education System, a model that has already reshaped more than 100 campuses since the state takeover \u2014 but key details about which schools could be affected remain unclear.<\/p>\n
District leaders say at least nine principals have voluntarily expressed interest in joining the NES model, signaling a possible expansion of the system that has drawn both support and criticism across Houston.<\/p>\n
The NES model was introduced after the state\u2019s takeover of Houston ISD in 2023. Since then, dozens of campuses have transitioned to the system, which includes a more centralized curriculum, longer school days and increased funding per student.<\/p>\n
HISD now has about 130 campuses operating under the NES model.<\/p>\n
District leaders say those changes are helping drive improvements, which is contributing to the growing interest from additional schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey see what’s happening at other campuses across the district. The gains. And while everyone’s making gains, PUA and NES, they know that the NES model comes with a strategic amount of resources,\u201d said Kasey Bailey, west and central division chief.<\/p>\n
However, the model has also faced pushback.<\/p>\n
Some parents have raised concerns about how much control individual campuses have under the more centralized structure.<\/p>\n
For now, district officials have not said which campuses are being considered or when any changes could take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More Houston ISD schools could join the NES model as interest grows \u2014 but the district hasn\u2019t said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-233342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}