The Honors College at the University of Houston is proud to serve as a resource for hundreds of schools in and around the Houston area. Through our community engagement initiative, Honors and the Schools, we offer stimulating and thought-provoking teacher institutes, summer seminars, public lectures, special events, in-school visits and teaching collaborations. Our goal is to support and enhance the learning environment in schools by sharing our passion and expertise in a variety of subject areas.  

Common Ground Teachers Institute

The Common Ground Teachers Institute, supported by The John P. McGovern Foundation, is a collaboration of faculty at the University of Houston and teachers of English from secondary schools throughout the Houston area. Teachers study classic works in American literature alongside significant works by minority writers.