Would you like to learn more about IDEA Public Schools? Attend an information session at IDEA Carver at 5:30 p.m. tonight, December 11, or this Thursday, December 13. IDEA Public Schools has opened its application window for the 2013-14 school year. The deadline to… Continue Reading
The next BASIS San Antonio parents’ meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday December 16 in Room 318 of Northrup Hall at Trinity University. Please go to the Eventbrite page for more information and to register; go… Continue Reading
Remember the 1, 2, 3, Sí! book that I mentioned as part of the Read 3 program at H-E-B? The counting book has been so popular and won so many awards that Trinity University Press and the San Antonio Museum of… Continue Reading
KIPP: San Antonio hosted a First Friday Breakfast at KIPP Un Mundo Dual-Language Academy yesterday. (My earlier post announcing the event.) A reporter from local ABC affiliate KSAT 12 came to tour the school and observe the ribbon cutting ceremony with leaders of… Continue Reading
IDEA Public Schools recently announced the location of its second campus in San Antonio, at the intersection of South Flores and West Harding. (More coverage.) Last night, I learned from Nelda Garcia, District Student Recruiter for IDEA, that the new… Continue Reading
Education Commissioner Michael Williams spoke at the Texas Charter Schools Association Conference this week. “Texas education commissioner urges charter schools to tout work to legislators”, Kelley Shannon, Dallas Morning News, December 4, 2012. Williams advised charter schools about the coming… Continue Reading
John and Vera Taboada are hosting a BASIS parents’ meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at their Elm Creek home—12419 Winding Branch, San Antonio, Texas 78230. Please join us, and be sure to sign up for the BASIS… Continue Reading
As mentioned earlier, this summer the U.S. Department of Education expanded the Race to the Top grant program to accept applications not just from states (Texas declined to apply) but also from districts. Two charter management organizations with campuses in San… Continue Reading
There are many successful charter schools operating across the country, but relatively few charter networks that are expanding in their region, let alone jumping across the country to open campuses in a different state. San Antonio is fortunate to have… Continue Reading
On November 12, the San Antonio ISD board of trustees approved its 2013 Legislative Priorities, including: SAISD opposes legislation that would . . . [r]emove the statutory cap on the number of charter schools authorized. By contrast, the State Board of… Continue Reading
