Many of the Houston region's largest school districts performed better than the state average in terms of meeting grade level ...

Morath alleges that the board failed to improve student performance in Houston, citing Wheatley High School, which received a failing grade from the TEA in 2019, as an example.

Wheatley High School students leave at the end of the school day on March, 10, 2023 in Houston, Texas. Sharon Steinmann/Staff Photographer First, they are proud of Wheatley.

Since 2019, Wheatley High School teachers and administrators have weathered a pandemic, all while improving their students’ academic performance, receiving a C state accountability rating last year.

The TEA first moved to take over the district’s school board in 2019 following allegations of misconduct by board members and years of low performance at Phillis Wheatley High School. Briana ...

Wheatley High School graduating senior Gabriel Flint offers the welcome message during the graduation ceremony Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Delmar Fieldhouse in Houston.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- At the Harris County Commission this week, Algenita Scott Davis spoke her mind. She is a graduate of Wheatley High School, as were her brother and her mother. She said the ...

Houston hoops powerhouses Wheatley High School will play Yates High School in the 4A division UIL Texas boys' basketball ...

Houston Public Media links to comments by state Rep. Harold Dutton, a Democrat and a Wheatley High School graduate who says he, not Republican lawmakers or Abbott, was the person who suggested the ...

But state officials argued that they had legal authority to take control because of persistently poor performance at a single campus, Wheatley High School. The district has 274 schools total.