COLLEGE-READY
STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

College-Ready Standards and Practices

All Texas students deserve a quality education that prepares them to handle the opportunities and challenges that will soon come their way. To help make that happen, Educate Texas and our partners continue to support rigorous, college-ready standards for all Texas students. Now extending the scope of our efforts, we work closely with districts, community colleges, technical schools and regional universities to ensure that our goals are fully aligned with the state’s established postsecondary access and success goals.

Educate Texas applies its public-private teamwork philosophy by supporting the creation of Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (T-STEM) Academies and Early College High Schools (ECHS) within the state. We also promote the district-wide adoption of key instructional strategies used in these highly successful, specialized schools to provide more Texas students with the advantages of their targeted approach.

Early College High Schools

T-STEM

T-STEM Centers

Next Generation Learning
POSTSECONDARY
ACCESS AND SUCCESS

Postsecondary Access and Success

Texas students should graduate with the tools they need to begin pursuing their dreams for the future. At Educate Texas, we know that postsecondary education will jumpstart their progress. That’s why we work closely with our partners to ensure that all Texas high school students — regardless of income, geographic location or family background— have the opportunities and resources necessary to apply to, enter and succeed in college. Educate Texas also promotes the proven practices that will increase the number of students who complete a technical, two-year or four-year degree at any Texas college or university.

To generate long-term, positive impact for Texas students, Educate Texas proudly connects a diverse group of organizations dedicated to quality education and links them in a powerful and unprecedented way. Working together, we champion the policies and programs that will help students succeed in their postsecondary endeavors, in their career goals, and throughout their lives.

TxCAN

Regional Action Plan

Completion by Design
HUMAN CAPITAL
STRATEGIES

Human Capital Strategies

Our teachers, principals and superintendents are priceless resources in the quest to elevate the quality of Texas schools. For enhanced policies and standards to be optimally effective, they must be implemented and embraced by those who work most closely with Texas students.

Educate Texas and its partners use innovative human capital strategies designed to put the finest educators and administrators on the "front lines" for Texas schools. Emphasizing the values of strong leadership, Educate Texas promotes the recruitment, support and retention of highly qualified professionals who share our strong vision for educational excellence.

Effective Teaching

Education Leadership

Texas Teaching Commission
PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT

Performance Management

To make the smartest decisions for Texas schools, we need the right information: unbiased and complete, yet concise. Educate Texas uses its unique collaborative position to facilitate the sharing of data that can make a real difference for students across the state. As objective intermediaries, we are committed to creating a data-driven environment that equips policymakers, superintendents, principals and teachers with the relevant facts they need to advance the learning and success of Texas students.

Educate Texas supports the effective use of data, transparency of evaluation results, and shared access to research and best practices.

Research and Reports

Texas Public School Data

Higher Education Almanac

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Hidalgo Early College High School

City	District	Campus	Model	Partners	Opening	Website
Hidalgo	Hidalgo ISD	Hidalgo Early College High School	Early College High School – Stand Alone	South Texas College Texas State Technical College University of Texas-Pan American	Fall 2006	Visit Website

School Mission

Hidalgo Early College High School (HECHS) is committed to preparing our students in an exemplary manner for participation and immersion in world challenges as determined by emerging trends in technologies.

TEA Campus Performance

Gold Performance Acknowledgements:
- Advanced Academic Courses (2008-09)
- Recommended High School Program (Class of 2009)
- Commended on Social Studies
Recognized Rating (2009-2010)

Curriculum Overview

HECHS is divided into two academies, the Academy of Human Services and the Academy of Science and Technology, both of which support a robust pre-AP and AP curriculum.

Noteworthy

Hidalgo ISD is the first comprehensive public school district in the United States to prepare and expect all students to earn college credits while in high school. The district’s efforts have transformed its elementary and middle schools as well as its high school, establishing a college-going culture, a more rigorous curriculum and a student support system district-wide.

Student Enrollment

Campus TAKS Results

Percentage Completion

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