Education

HISD announced Tuesday that 26 schools, including Sharpstown High, will be joining Superintendent Mike Miles’ New Education System (NES) this fall. Another 24 schools, including Sharpstown’s Neff Elementary, “have the option to be considered for the NES.” NES schools follow a radically different model of classroom instruction, using daily

The timer on the SMART Board screen clocks down to zero as nineteen sixth graders jot examples of figurative language in their notebooks. They’re searching for them in a poem on screen that begins, “The sun smiled like a friend.” The timer chimes. “Marco,” says Ms. Evans. “Polo,” reply

“There’s nobody there.” Principal T.J. Cotter peers at the apartment’s broken windows through the white metal lattice of the storm door on the outside of the walled patio. All four apartments in the two-story building have jagged windowpanes and interiors stripped to the studs. Behind Cotter, a

The Sharpstown Super Neighborhood is known for its ethnic diversity and international cuisine. It should also be known for its diversity of schools. Including two Independent School Districts, multiple charter schools, and a thick cluster of private Christian schools, Sharpstown has a long buffet of options for students of all