Houston welcomed Dr. Terry Grier as superintendent of HISD in September 2009, after the district’s trustees voted unanimously in favor of his selection. Promising to transform HISD’s educational culture, he pledged to put the interests of children first and to recognize that elective teachers and school leaders are the solution to student success. In the past year he has worked toward the goal of ensuring that HISD will become Houstonians’ K–12 school system of choice.

(Fall 2010)