The original Phillis Wheatley High School at 1700 Gregg unmolestd by demolition crews on Aug. 25, 2014, in Houston. (Brett Coomer | Houston Chronicle) Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle ...

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.

Principal Joseph Williams started to lead Wheatley High School in January 2018. For seven years in a row, Wheatley High School in Houston’s Fifth Ward has failed state standards, likely ...

A sign carried as community leaders protest the demolition of the historic Wheatley / E. O. Smith school in the Fifth Ward Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in Houston.James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle Ida ...

Fifty-seven years after he helped lead the Wheatley High School boys' basketball team to its first 4A state championship in 1968, Larry Davis sat back and smiled in the stands of San Antonio's ...

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.

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

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- When a car rolls up into Wheatley High School, students know exactly what to do. "I didn't do anything before this. Like, I didn't know what I wanted to do before I found ...

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 ...

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 playoffs on Thursday night. The game is a rare rekindling of a longstanding ...