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UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. When you watch ballroom dancing, what thoughts go through your mind? Maybe something like: “That looks beautiful, but I could never do that.” http://youtu.be/o3FNbWfVVEE Maybe it’s time to take a step closer to your dreams. The...

  UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. My kids and I have been listening to "Mama's songs" in the van again. I've been playing a CD of tone poems by Richard Strauss, including Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. We are looking forward the...

  Back in April 2005, my future brother-in-law passed me a copy of WIRED magazine with a cover story, La Vida Robot, about an unlikely set of underwater robotics engineers—Latino teenagers from a low-income high school in Phoenix—competing against elite...

Show your support at the Texas School Choice Week Rally in Austin on January 30, 2015. Families Empowered is coordinating free transportation, meals, and activities at the Texas State Capitol as part of National School Choice Week (January 25-31, 2015). In 2014, my...

There’s an election going on now in San Antonio. Yes, really! Early voting happened last week, and election day is tomorrow, January 6, 2015. Voter turnout is likely to be in the single digits. Sigh. Elections matter. What will it take to get voters re-connected with...

UPDATE: Leave a comment by Sunday, December 28 to enter to win a pair of tickets to New Year's Eve at the Tobin Center—more information below. Over the weekend, I went to Holiday Pops with the San Antonio Symphony at the Tobin Center (earlier post) with my kids, G.N.,...

UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Classical music is an important part of my family's holiday traditions. Over Thanksgiving weekend, my family and I went to see Ballet San Antonio's The Nutcracker with the San Antonio Symphony at the Tobin Center. Soon, over the...

I need your help. San Antonio needs a BASIS Primary school, and we can get one in 2015-16, but only if enough parents and charter school supporters write letters, right now. As you may already know, there are currently two BASIS campuses in San Antonio: BASIS San...

This year, we continued our family tradition of going to Ballet San Antonio's The Nutcracker with the San Antonio Symphony. We thoroughly enjoyed last year's performance at the Majestic Theatre (earlier post), but this year's move to the Tobin Center has even more to...

Last week, my daughter, G.N., and I attended a Spotlight Breakfast at Lamar Elementary, 201 Parland Place, San Antonio, TX 78209 (map), an elementary school in San Antonio ISD serving kindergarten through fifth grade and offering pre-K for three- and four-year-olds....

UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. The San Antonio Symphony's new home is at the Tobin Center, but they are still playing special concerts at the Majestic Theatre. At 8 p.m. on Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18, the Symphony will perform Michael...