This year, Houston Public Media is following developments at Furr High School as it tries to shake up the traditional high school model. It’s doing that with the help of $10 million from the XQ ...

On a recent afternoon, about a dozen job candidates filed into the main office at Furr High School, where the principal, Bertie Simmons, welcomed them to something unusual. “And you'll never do it in ...

Furr High School has come a long way since Bertie Simmons became the principal in 2000. She reluctantly agreed to come out of retirement to turn around the city's eastside campus ruled by rival gang ...

You won’t hear any bells buzzing to signal the start or end of classes at Furr High School in Houston. The school did away with bells, one of many changes made to acknowledge that students can figure ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Furr High School was once called the "drop-out factory" -- a high school where many students' only goal was to survive and make it out alive. Now, 15 years later after taking over, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The halls of Furr High School were once filled with students who wanted nothing more than to drop out or just make it out and move on. "Definitely the school has changed ...

FOX26HOUSTON - The death of the 2 students has stunned classmates and staff at Houston ISD’s Furr High School. The 14-year-old girl killed in the early morning school bus crash was a student at Furr, ...

Inside Furr High School's crowded cosmetology lab, 76-year-old Mary Thurman parked her small shopping cart by Doris Rodriguez's manicure station and gladly let the nail technician take over the next ...

Furr High School in Houston on Wednesday was selected to receive a $10 million grant through a new national contest sponsored by Lauren Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The ...

"I love her with all my heart." A 17-year-old high school senior was quoted in the Chronicle a few days ago saying those words, not about his mama, not about his grandma, not about his girlfriend. He ...