of the United States Van G. Garrett, poet Alberto Gonzales, chair of the Commission for District Decentralization, later became United States Attorney General Thaddeus S. Lott Sr. Edison E. Oberholtzer, former superintendent, founder and first president of the University of Houston Rod Paige, former superintendent, became the United States Secretary of Education Noemi Dominguez, a teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School who was murdered by Ángel Maturino Reséndiz See also List of school districts in Texas List of schools in Harris County, Texas Houston Area Independent Schools — association of Houston-area private schools. References Gore, Elaine Clift. Talent Knows No Color: The History of an Arts Magnet High School (Research in curriculum and instruction) Information Age Publishing, 2007. . Kellar, William Henry. Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston. Texas A&M University Press, 1999. , 9781603447188. Kirkland, Kate Sayen. The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal. University of Texas Press, September 21, 2012. . McAdams, Donald R. Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons from Houston. Teachers College Press, 2000. . Notes Further reading Preliminary Report, 2019 - Texas Education Agency, at the Houston Press website McAdams, Donald R. "Lessons from Houston." In: Ravitch, Diane (Editor). Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 1999 (Brookings Papers on Education Policy). Brookings Institution Press, 1999. . . Muñoz, Olivia and Sayoko Yamashita. "Secondary School Program in Japanese Language and Culture in Houston, Texas." The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Vol. 20, No. 1 (Apr., 1986), pp. 57–60. Available at JSTOR. External links HISDConnect (Mobile) (1997–2002) Houston ISD Pre-K HISD Library Services Construction and Security Services List of schools in the HISD from GreatSchools.net Webarchive template wayback links School districts in Harris County, Texas School districts in Houston Harris County, Texas Missouri City, Texas Education in Pearland, Texas 1924 establishments in Texas School districts established in 1924