Margaret Downing

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles was as bright and bubbly as the colorful balloon archway he stood in front of at Hilliard Elementary Monday as he unveiled preliminary accountability results for individual schools in the district. "The district has not always, especially in the last several years, provided the best...

Some of the questions raised after 14-year-old Landon Payton suffered a medical emergency at Marshall Middle School last week and later died, were whether the school has an AED, whether it was working, and whether the personnel on hand knew how to use it.

With an appreciative nod to Charles Dickens, the 2023-24 Houston theater season was neither the best of times nor the worst of times. It was, in a manner, an intermediate time. Perusing the 70-plus playbills from the diverse season, one finds obvious standouts, numerous near-hits, but few clunkers. The ravages...

We all know the story of The Little Mermaid or at least the Disney version of it. The mermaid spots a handsome prince on land, she does everything possible to become human, trading in her mermaid's tail and power for two very unsteady human legs. Eventually she and the prince...

Posted by RvpAdmin In Post-Journal By Margaret Downing REPORTER Loves Park City Council members were busy at the Aug. 19 council meeting

In Esther, making its debut at A.D. Players now after being delayed by COVID for several years, the theater is making full use of the talents of Sharna Burgess, winner of Season 27 of Dancing With the Stars. Burgess says it's a dream role for her in that she gets...

If half of the 2,600 teachers who left Houston ISD in June and July were rated in the bottom two proficiency categories by the district is this a sign that they were bad teachers or that they just couldn't get with Superintendent Mike Miles' programs?

In the 19th century they called it "prairie fever." Precipitated by loneliness and isolation, it led some of the pioneer women to depression and even suicide. Holding down a homestead while their menfolk were off making money in town, turned out to be an often debilitating task. Much of the...

Margaret Downing is the editor-in-chief who oversees the newsroom and its online publication. She frequently writes on a wide range of subjects.

Known for its famous mad scene, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor about to go on stage in an Opera in the Heights production, should be especially