A Chron correction on an HISD story (con't)
Long-time blogHOUSTON readers will recall the Chronicle's endless problems with correctly reporting last year's story regarding HISD's efforts to improve three high schools.
As I noted last night, the subject is back in the news. What else is back? A Chronicle correction:
•The number of "exemplary" and "recognized" schools in the Houston Independent School District increased by more than 100 percent this year. Also, Waltrip High School in Houston received an "acceptable" rating for 2006. A story on Page B1 Wednesday incorrectly reported that information. A separate chart that accompanied that story incorrectly labeled some area schools' ratings as being from 2004 and 2005. The ratings were from 2005 and 2006.
Thank goodness that senior copy editor position has been filled!
So, if any Waltrip parents read the Chronicle's initial story, they learned that their school was rated "unacceptable." Except that Waltrip received an "acceptable" rating. Was this correction in a tiny little box on Page 2? Do you think any Waltrip parents knew to look there today?
Congratulations to HISD for a 100% improvement in its number of exemplary and recognized schools. That very good news has certainly been overshadowed by the hysteria over the future of Kashmere High School.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 08/03/06 07:16 PM | Print | Comments (2)
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